Who or What will Push You to Reach Your Potential?
If I was to look back over my life, I would say that I appreciate the people who pushed me further and believed I could do better than those who just accomodated my lazy and timid ways. Alot of us do not know how much and what we are capable of unless we are pushed. A classmate of mine posted this interesting story on facebook and I just wanted to share it with you:
and compete in a test which would determine who was fit to marry his daughter. On that set day, all the able-bodied young men came out. Some came with paper and biro and others with cutlasses and swords. The rich man took them to his outdoor swimming pool and addressed the men:
“Any of you who can swim from one end of this swimming pool to the other would marry my daughter. In
addition, I‘ll give him 15 million dollars, a car and a house so they can start life well. I shall be waiting to meet my son-in-law at d other side. Good luck!” As the young men, all very excited at the prospect of winning, started taking off their shirts, a helicopter came over the pool and dropped snakes and crocodiles into the
pool. Immediately, all the men turned back and started wearing their shirts again. Disappointed, some of them said, ''Thats crazy,.lets see who can marry that girl ,no one will'. All of a sudden, they heard a
splash in the pool. Everybody watched in amazement as one gentleman struggled his way across, avoiding the snakes and crocodiles. Finally, he made it to the other side. The rich man could not believe it. He asked the young man to name anything he wanted but the man was still panting uncontrollably. Finally, he started to breath normally and made a request saying, ''SHOW ME THE PERSON WHO PUSHED ME INSIDE
THIS POOL!''
addition, I‘ll give him 15 million dollars, a car and a house so they can start life well. I shall be waiting to meet my son-in-law at d other side. Good luck!” As the young men, all very excited at the prospect of winning, started taking off their shirts, a helicopter came over the pool and dropped snakes and crocodiles into the
pool. Immediately, all the men turned back and started wearing their shirts again. Disappointed, some of them said, ''Thats crazy,.lets see who can marry that girl ,no one will'. All of a sudden, they heard a
splash in the pool. Everybody watched in amazement as one gentleman struggled his way across, avoiding the snakes and crocodiles. Finally, he made it to the other side. The rich man could not believe it. He asked the young man to name anything he wanted but the man was still panting uncontrollably. Finally, he started to breath normally and made a request saying, ''SHOW ME THE PERSON WHO PUSHED ME INSIDE
THIS POOL!''
Somtimes you just don’t know what you are capable of doing, until you are PUSHED!!
Sometimes it takes going through the fire before realizing your potentials and reaching your goals in life.
The push might take different meanings; for some of you this push may be being sacked or made redundant at work. For others, the lose of a loved one may be that push you needed in other to do the thing you have been putting off for ages. And yet again, for others it may be a life threathening illnes which you have recovered from or a broken relationship that will PUSH YOU. Often times, the BAD moments can bring out the BEST in you. The secret is to maintain a positive attitude through it all.
Sometimes it takes going through the fire before realizing your potentials and reaching your goals in life.
The push might take different meanings; for some of you this push may be being sacked or made redundant at work. For others, the lose of a loved one may be that push you needed in other to do the thing you have been putting off for ages. And yet again, for others it may be a life threathening illnes which you have recovered from or a broken relationship that will PUSH YOU. Often times, the BAD moments can bring out the BEST in you. The secret is to maintain a positive attitude through it all.
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