The Frog at the Bottom of the Well

Dear loving people,

Permit me to speak to your inner person this morning. Take a few minutes to reflect with me down these thought provoking lines. Here we go…

How often do you think too small, how often do you allow yourself to endure the underserved pain of selling yourself too short? How often have you abandoned the struggle just a stone’s throw to the finish-line?

Students have abandoned school just a few weeks to their final exams; athletes have abandoned the race just a few steps to finishing, I once gave up just a day before success was to be pronounced in a project I undertook.

Mao Zedong, commonly referred to as Chairman Mao (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, anti-imperialist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution. He was the architect and founding father of the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949, and held authoritarian control over the nation until his death in 1976. His theoretical contribution to Marxism–Leninism, along with his military strategies and brand of policies, are collectively known as Maoism.

My intention is not to talk about his life and achievements but out of all the things he said and did, I pick out the following statement that he made which is to me, a dictum for any success oriented personality.

“We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view”

Wao!! What a saying and how does this translate to us today? That you should change your views, jump out of your little well of countless stereotypes and discover what the universe of opportunities and possibilities you still have before you. Even if you are not willing, you can be willing to learn to be willing.

Even if you are nothing today, trust me, you can be something tomorrow.