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I'm going to tell you a fable I heard the other day. Although it's a children's story, like all fables, it has a moral that applies to everyone. And I learned a lot from this very simple story.
"One day, a ripe mango fell from a tree. An ant passed by, saw the fruit on the ground, thought it was too big, and called her friends to help her eat it...
The next day, another mango fell. This time, a goat was passing by and noticed it. She thought the appetizing, sweet fruit was a reasonable size for her, and ended up eating it in just over half an hour...
On the third day, another mango fell from the mango tree. Shortly after, a cow passed by. She looked at it and didn't hesitate. She ate it in one bite. She thought the mango was small...
The same thing happens when we think about the size of a problem. Whether it is considered big or small is not intrinsically related to the problem itself, but rather to the size of the person facing or encountering it.
Don't waste time wishing that the problems that may arise, or that have arisen in your life, were smaller and easier to “eat” and solve.
Invest the time you spend thinking and wishing for more manageable problems, and use it to invest in yourself.
Investing in ourselves, our abilities, and equipping ourselves with tools, or even a greater capacity for cooperation, as the ant did, is the best solution.
It is the most sensible solution. It does not help to wish for a different life, with fewer problems, or with simpler problems. We can never prevent the biggest ones from appearing in front of us. Even if we have not made any choices that would lead us in that direction.
Invest in yourself, so that the problem of problems is not decisive in your response, but that whatever problem may arise, you are big enough to overcome it.
Grow. Gain strength. Gain size. Make yourself bigger!
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Interesting story.
A post I have been meaning to write for a few weeks is how in society today we are more likely to make "mountains out of molehills". I think that it is because we are problem solvers by nature, but are distracted from solving the problems that matter, instead making the small challenges much larger in order to get that "satisfaction" and "meaning" in our life.
I've always heard about first world problems. And in fact, that's often the case. We try to make things that are of absolutely no importance seem like an insult to our way of life. In traffic, all it takes is for someone to cut us off, and suddenly we're honking our horn and maybe even driving recklessly. If we look closely, the situation that had already passed is escalated to a completely irrational level. And from one moment to the next, if we are faced with someone who is also not having a good day, a traffic situation that could even be ignored... gives rise to a situation that may even be dangerous to some degree. Modern times are lived with little intensity in the necessary depth, and are only taken to extremes in the most trivial and futile situations.
I can't wait for your post on this topic. I'll try to stay tuned.
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