A man in trouble walks to town to seek advise from the local wise sage. He tells the wise sage that he is worried about dying, about leaving things undone in life. The wise sage tells him to do the best he can, to believe in himself, to put a plan together and try to take action. The man leaves the wise sage thinking that is what he is going to do. He arrives home and promptly forgets the advice.
That evening he goes out for a walk before bed. As he walks he is suddenly paralyzed with fear when a snake jumps out and almost bites him. He recognizes it as one of the most poisonous snakes in his part of the country. Just as it looks like it is about to strike again, an owl swoops down and grabs it.
The man goes home, sits down at his desk and writes out his plan. The next morning he has the first 5 items on the list crossed off before dawn.
Drawing and story by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by E. W. Howe, 1853-1937, American novelist and editor
Thanks for the comment Elizabeth. Fear certainly is one of the great motivators, isn’t it! I often look at people filled with fear and think they are being stopped by the fear. But it is also true that there are those for whom fear isn’t a stop sign but a big fat GO sign and I suppose that is a good thing!
That’s a bit of how I feel about my business venture with my husband in our effort to expand our services in 2012. We’ve laid out a plan, but that’s not really the motivation to continue moving our business forward….its definitely the fear/scare of where we will be if we don’t succeed.