Hello everyone,
This week’s Motivational Monday theme is “it’s all in the way you view it”.
The following short story is taken from the book, “Highlighted in Yellow: A short course in living wisely and choosing well.” By H. Jackson Brown, Jr. and Rochelle Pennington
“What Do You See?”
This story has been retold countless times in countless ways over many centuries. It happened like this:
A traveler approached a great, walled city. Before entering its gates, he stopped to talk with an old man seated beneath a tree.
“What are the people like in this city?” asked the traveler.
“How were the people from where you came?” wondered the old man.
“A terrible lot,” grumbled the traveler.
“Mean, miserable, and detestable in all respects.”
“You will find them here the same,” responded the old man.
A second traveled soon happened by. He, too, was on his way to the great city and stopped to ask the old many about the people he would soon meet there.
The old man repeated the question he asked the first traveler. “How were the people from where you came?”
To this the second traveler answered, “They were fine people. Generous, kind, compassionate.”
“You will find them here the same,” observed the old man.
This week, expand your comfort zone, decrease your resistance and soften your attitude. It’s so important to seek out life’s truths instead of resting on what we want to see.
Looking up, down and all around,
Janine
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