Its Story Time

        Once upon a time (uff !), there was a competition for baby frogs. The target was to get to the top of a tall tower. The winner would have fabulous prizes. Quite a number of baby frogs came to take part and a huge mass of parent frogs, their friend frogs and audience frogs were present to cheer them up. When they saw the huge target, none of the onlookers really thought that any baby frog could actually accomplish the task of getting to the top of that tower.  

        The start bell rang and all the baby frogs started off with great enthusiasm. Soon, one by one, the baby frogs started falling down. All they could hear was words like “Ah! Its too difficult” “They will never reach the top” “No way, the tower is too high”. Some spirited baby frogs kept climbing. But there were no words of encouragement. All, including the ‘cheer girls’, oops! no, I mean ‘cheer frogs’ were only saying “No one is going to make it”.

        More baby frogs became tired and one by one, they gave up. But surprisingly, there was one little frog, which was climbing higher and higher, undaunted by what people said.  And at the end, it reached the top. It got the prize. Everybody wondered how he had managed to reach the top, which none of the others could do. So, one journalist frog, asked the winner frog, what was the secret of its success.

          The truth was “The Winner frog was deaf”.

Good story, right? Now, lets go to the moral or lessons to be learnt –

1. Don’t listen to negative and pessimistic people. They will deprive you of your loveliest dreams, wishes and ambitions.

2. There is no powerful weapon like words. Words that you hear and read will influence with your actions. Be choosy about what you read and hear.

3. Always stay positive and keep going.

         4. Turn a deaf ear to people who tell you that you cannot achieve your dreams