It’s my birthday today and I want to share one of my favorite stories with you.
I heard Les Brown tell this story at a conference many, many years ago and I never forgot it.
It goes like this:
There was a young man walking down the street and happened to see an old man sitting on his porch.
Next to the old man was his dog, who was whining and whimpering.
The young man asked the old man “What’s wrong with your dog?”
The old man said, “He’s lying on a nail.”
The young man asked “Laying on a nail? Well, why doesn’t he get up?”
The old man then replied, “It’s not hurting him bad enough.”
What’s your “nail?”
You’ve been sitting on it for a while now…. not doing anything about
Because it’s not hurting bad enough.
It is said that people make changes in their lives for two reasons:
Inspiration or desperation.
In the end, what really matters is not what happens to you but what you are prepared to do about it.
So you decide….
Are you going to moan, groan, and complain?
Shrinking back in fear?
Or are you going to wake up, get up, and tap into the seeds of greatness and possibilities within you?
It’s time to decide
- who you want to be
- how you want to be known
- and how you want to be remembered
Here are a few quotes to help you get off that nail:
“To have something you’ve never had, you have to be willing to do something you have never done.” anon
“If you don’t make things happen then things will happen to you.” Robert Collier
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.” Henry Ford
“If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.” Anthony J. D’Angelo
Until next time…..
I look forward to hearing from you!!
Althea
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