lesson rather early in life.
A lesson that all of us would do well to remember.
The birth of a baby giraffe is quite an earth-shaking event. The baby
falls from its mother's womb, some eight feet above the ground. It
shrivels up and lies still, too weak to move. The mother giraffe
lovingly lowers her neck to smooch the baby giraffe. And then
something incredible happens. She lifts her long leg and kicks the
baby giraffe, sending it flying up in the air and tumbling down on the
ground. As the baby lies curled up, the mother kicks the baby again
and again Until the baby giraffe, still trembling and tired, pushes
its limbs and for the first time learns to stand on its feet.
Happy to see the baby standing on its own feet, the mother giraffe
comesover and gives it yet another kick. The baby giraffe falls one
more time, but now quickly recovers and stands up. Mama Giraffe is
delighted.
She knows that her baby has learnt an important lesson:
Never mind how hard you fall, always remember to pick yourself up and
get back on your feet.
Why does the mother giraffe do this?
She knows that lions and leopards love giraffe meat. So unless the
baby giraffe quickly learns to stand and run with the pack - it will
have no chance of survival.
Most of us though are not quite as lucky as baby giraffes. No one
teaches us to stand up every time we fall. When we fail, when we are
down, we just give up. No one kicks us out of our comfort zone to
remind us that to survive and succeed, we need to learn to get back on
our feet. If you study the livesof successful people though, you will
see a recurring pattern. Were they always successful in all they did?
No. Did success come to them quick and easy? No,
You will find that the common streak running through their lives is
their ability to stand up every time they fall. The ability of the
baby giraffe! The road to success is never an easy one. There are
several obstacles, and you are bound to fall sooner or later. You will
hit a road block, you will taste failure. But success lies inbeing
able to get up every time you fall.
That's a critical life skill. And it's the habit of all successful people.
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And Allah Knows the Best!
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M NajimudeeN Bsc- INDIA
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