Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Food for Thought

One day posted to the door was a huge notice.

'Yesterday the person who hinders your growth and the growth passed away. You are invited to join the funeral in the banquet room that has been prepared for this purpose'.

All who read the notice became sadden by the demise of one of their own, but after a time were curious to know who had hindered their growth. Security at the location was heightened for there was an overwhelming crowd.

The more people who reached the coffin the more the tension heated up, everyone thinking 'Who is this who hinders my growth? At least the person is no longer with us!'. One by one the crowd got closer to the coffin, and when each looked inside the coffin each was suddenly rendered speechless. They stood nearby quiet, shocked into silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. Within there was a mirror, everyone who looked inside saw themselves.

Next to the mirror was a message that read:

There is only one capable to limit your growth, you and you alone. You revolutionize your life, influence your happiness, realize your success and control your feelings. You are the only one who helps yourself. Your life does not change if others change, nor if they like or dislike you, your life changes when 'you' change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize you are the only one responsible for your life, when you understand the most important relationship you can have is the one you have with yourself, when you accept responsibility for your own actions and do not blame others. Examine yourself, watch and do not be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses, be a winner.

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