The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg,… Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
( James Allen)
Have your dreams like acorns fallen on the way side, all forgotten? They were never able to spread their wings because they’re entangled in life’s challenges. You’ve been told that you can’t make it because you’re too old, too young, stupid or even too ugly. Reject that! Don’t believe that lie.
Each of us, at one time or another, would have harbored a dream, even nurtured it. But your dreams got mixed up with your fears and worries. You must have thought dreams are best enjoyed while sleeping. Because no one told you, you have to fulfill them right? They’re just supposed to take flight on their own?
Added to this, you allow the fear of failure to steal your dream. Failure if learnt, can become the mother of success. Your potential is realized only if you put action to your desires. Every oak tree started off as an acorn.
So how does a tiny acorn become a strong oak tree? The life inside the acorn must break through the protective husk to emerge as a seedling, before becoming a tree. It’s a journey. It has to be nourished. It waits. It takes effort. Sometimes it happens in the company of others, finding shelter under more able-bodied trees. Hopefully, it doesn’t get picked up by a predator, so it can survive season after season.
Others may have similar ideas, but dreams become reality when the person who acts on theirs has a chance to let their dreams become a reality.
Don’t lose hope. You’re better than you think you are. The acorn looks very different from the oak tree, so your dreams will evolve. The acorn took a long time to become an oak tree. Hopefully you don’t take as long.
May your dream take flight from the smallest acorn to become the tallest of oak trees that you can be.
Artist: Lydia C. Text: Anna G.
Like J. Earp said,
“The acorn does not know that it will become a sapling. The sapling does not remember when it was acorn, and only dimly sense that it will become a mighty oak. The oak recalls fondly when it was a sapling, loves being a mighty oak and joyfully creates new acorns.
Two Frogs in the Milk
This is the story of two frogs. One frog was fat and the other skinny.
One day, while searching for food, they inadvertently jumped into a vat of milk. They couldn’t get out, as the sides were too slippery, so they were just swimming around. The fat front said to the skinny frog,
“Brother frog, there’s no use paddling any longer. We’re just going to drown, so we might as well give up.”
The skinny frog replied,
“Hold on brother, keep paddling. Somebody will get us out.”
And they continued paddling for hours. After a while, the fat frog said,
“Brother frog, there’s no use. I’m becoming very tired now. I’m just going to stop paddling and drown. It’s Sunday and nobody’s working. We’re doomed. There’s no possible way out of here.”
But the skinny frog said,
“Keep trying. Keep paddling.”
Another couple of hours passed. The fat frog said,
“I can’t go on any longer. There’s no sense in doing it because we’re going to drown anyway. What’s the use?”
And the fat frog stopped. He gave up. And he drowned in the milk. But the skinny frog kept on paddling. Ten minutes later, the skinny frog felt something solid beneath his feet. He had churned that milk into butter and he hopped to of the vat.
