There was
a very wealthy and influential king who offered his daughter, the princess, for
marriage. The man that will have her hand in marriage must win a swimming contest;
the prize alongside the princess was the control of up to half of the kingdom.
Of course, men, in their hundreds, from around the world showed interest.
The day of the contest came. All the contestants were set as they all came with the
mindset to win. Some minutes to the start, the following information was given:
"Hear, ye contestants. Be aware that the winner of this contest shall have
the princess as a wife and also be a joint-ruler of this great kingdom; having
control up to half, if he so desire. But note that there exist silent but
ferocious crocodiles in the water, any man that swim past them and come out
alive first shall be the winner".
Did you
just say crocodiles; I guess they must have asked. The men began to move away
from the very big pool of water as quick and fast as possible. But in the rush,
a man was pushed into the water. With no other options left him, he swam as
fast as he could to get out of the water. He came out, panting really hard, but
couldn't believe he just survive a crocodile-filled pool of water.
He was
announced the winner and it was revealed that there was no crocodile in the
water, it was just said to know the man that truly wanted to win regardless of
any obstacles.
Many a
time, we want to get ourselves involve in stuffs (good ones) but at a point,
there comes that thing (obstacles, etc) and before we know what's happening, we
give excuses (unreasonable ones) on why we shouldn't continue and that is the
end of that. I, for one, have been a victim times without number.
In
situation like this, all we need, like the winner of the contest, is a push.
This we can get from around us. I have been able to identify that I get push
from hearing, reading, meditating and some others ways. How do you get yours?
You should also seek, find and use.
In the
end, Cameron Diaz said, “Your
regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every
opportunity".
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