Don't Stop !!! Move Up in Life

There are so many times in life that we loose control of the happenings around us, feel depressed and wait for a miracle to take away all our miseries. We pray to God, seek blessing of the divine and continuously brude over our bad luck, wait for the good days to come.

In such difficult times, while most of us seek outward help, we fail to introspect the realms of inner selves. It is not only an individual phenomenon but also extends to organizations. Most of the times when organizations are faced with difficulties, the tough phase is attributed to the bad economy, diminishing markets, forceful competitors etc. It is a fact that external difficulties with an increased inner strength, the negative force can be stabilized and we can survive even in the toughest of the times.

Here is a very simple story I read, which exactly brings about the same point more illustratively.

"One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up. Anyway, it wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, when the donkey realized what was happening, he cried horribly. But then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw.

With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!"

Life will shovel dirt on us, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Let us think that each of our troubles is a stepping stone. If we draw strength from our inner selves every time in a greater proportion of the outer difficulties wee will neutralize the difficulties and will be left with more energy to move up.

As organizations we can fight the bad times even more forcefully since organizations have a pool of inner strengths, each of our employee has his/ her own reserve of inner strength, which when synergised in the right direction can do wonders. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up! "Whether its the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got."