Its Only An Angle Of Perspective

Its Only An Angle Of Perspective

Many years ago two salesmen were sent by a famous British shoe manufacturer to Africa. Their task was to investigate and report back on market potential as they were looking to grow their business globally. Upon returning to England the first salesman reported back, "There is no potential in Africa - nobody wears shoes." The second salesman reported back, "There is massive potential in Africa - nobody wears shoes." 

My Message

This is probably one of the shortest stories I've used and I am sure some of you have heard it before, but the idea is so simple as it provides one of the best examples of how a single situation may be viewed in two very different ways - negatively or positively. We are all blessed with the gift of 'choice' and in life we are always guaranteed to have two; to identify a situation's opportunities and benefits or its problems and disadvantages. This is the same choice for everything we do in life. It's what separates the positive outgoing people from the negative dull ones. It is this positive choice and attitude that allows you to succeed in all that you do in life with complete joy and satisfaction, because success isn't just measured in wealth and getting things done. Success is also measured by the amount of happiness you experienced whilst progressing through life's choices. Remember this story well and never forget that both salesman used exactly the same words, yet the optimistic one saw the situation in a very positive way.

Have an awesome week where your focus lies only in the benefits and opportunities of your tasks ahead.
Darren Zwiers

The Quote:

"The question is not what you look at, but what you see." ~ Henry David Thoreau

 

Dissolving Worries

Dissolving Worries

Once a young man came to a revered teacher, who was seated under a tree near a beautiful lake, and asked for the solution for his unhappiness. After some minutes of conversation the old master kindly instructed the visitor to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink a few mouthfuls. “How does it taste?” the teacher asked. “Awful,” said the apprentice after he had spat out the revolting liquid a few paces away. The teacher chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the youngster swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man told him, “Now drink from the lake.” As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked him again, “How does it taste?” “Good!” he replied. “Do you taste the salt?” asked the Master. “No,” said the young man. The Master sat beside the troubled youth, took his hands, and said, “The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the level of ‘pain we taste’ depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.

My Message

Once you broaden your outlook, and once you stop looking only at yourself and your own miseries and see life as a whole and the many things without which you would not be what you are today – your friends, family, hobbies, nature around you, then you could become the lake and the things that bring you down will dissolve like the salt. Many people seem to prefer to grumble and complain about their lives, society and how tough things are getting. I think it is always important to be able to rise above the drama of your own situation and see the big picture of life and to always figure out smarter ways to move forward. Yes, life has it's many bits of sorrows, struggles, pains and sufferings, but If you look at it with a magnifier then you wont learn much from it..Look at it with trust and confidence, always have the greater picture in mind and all will dissolve like the salt in the lake.

May you have an awesome week!
Darren Zwiers

The Quote:

"Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday".  Author Unknown

The Rose Within

The Rose Within A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought, “How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?” Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom... it died.   My Message So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a beautiful rose. The good qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid the thorns of our shortcomings. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects. We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realise our potential. Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else has to show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them. This is one of the characteristics of love... to look at a person, know their true faults and accepting that person into your life... all the while recognising the nobility in their soul. Always help others to realise they can overcome their faults. If we show them the “rose” within themselves, they will conquer their thorns. Only then will they blossom many times over. May you have an awesome week! Darren Zwiers The Quote: "You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." — Ziggy