Daily Motivation – A Group of Grasshoppers

One day, there were a group of grasshoppers playing in the field. They were playing happily, jumping from one place to another place. But, suddenly, almost half of them trapped and fell into a quite deep hole and there was polluted water in there. They did not notice the hole because it was closed and covered by grass, so the hole became invisible.

They were in panic and tried and put much effort to escape from the hole. Unfortunately, none of them could get out of the hole, because it was quite deep and high for them. Many of them were too tired to try to get out of it, they finally drowned and died due to the pollutant and poisonous water. One by one of them surrendered and soon died. Their friends above the hole could not do anything to help them. They shouted and told them not to try anymore because it was useless and impossible to escape. They said, “Hi, friends, we are not able to help you all. So it’s better to give up. The hole is too high for you to climb up and get out of there. Don’t do anything useless, it’s better to save your energy and Rest In Peace (R.I.P). Just look at your friend, many of them has gone. We are so sorry for not helping you.”

There was a grasshopper that did not care for what its friends had said before. It kept on trying, climbing and jumping just to reach the edge of the hole to escape. No matter what they said, it did not want to listen to them, no matter how tired it was, no matter how impossible it was to get out of the hole, he jumped and climbed up. Its friends shouted again, “It will be in vain to get out of here. Why you insist on trying to do something that is impossible? Look at your friends now. They have all died, there’s only you alone in the hole. Enough. Don’t do that again. Goodbye friend.”

But, once again the only-one-in-the-hole grasshopper jumped, jumped, jumped and jumped as if it had unlimited power. As its friends kept on telling it to give up, it kept on jumping. And suddenly, the good luck came to it. It finally could reached the edge of the hole and slowly crawled and escaped out. Yes, the grasshopper was safe. Its friends ran and came to it quickly. They admire and amazed at its effort to escape. They asked, “Hi, friend, how can you get out of this deep hole. It is wonderful because all of your friends do not succeed like you do. What makes you keep on trying?” And many more questions are thrown to the grasshopper. But it only said, “What?” They asked one more time, “How can you survive and escape from the hole?” And once again, it said, “What?” They asked again and the answer was the same, “What?” No matter how many times they asked the question to the grasshopper, it would finally give the same words, “What?” But then, it said, “I’m sorry. I’m deaf. I cannot hear what you are telling me.”

Message for readers:

How often do you hear people give negative words or opinions to you? They often said:

1. “Just bury your dreams deep down. It’s impossible.”
2. “You want to achieve success…Don’t make me laugh.”
3. “You didn’t get enough formal education. How can you be successful today?”
4. “Don’t do that. Many people has failed. Don’t waste your time.”
5. “If you are successful, perhaps the earth will slip and fall down.”
6. “Look at your family. They are poor. How can you be?”
7. “You want to be rich…Look at yourself in front of a mirror and introspect yourself.”
8. “I’m better than you and I cannot do that, I think you will be worse.” Etc.

Those negative opinions and words sometimes can make you feel down and justify that what they have said is true. And if you finally accept and agree with what they told you, you will be weak, you will lose your power and spirit of success. Every day you will hear the negative things. It really can’t be prevented. Why you must sacrifice your dreams and visions by listening and agree with the negative words from other people. Don’t hear anything that can make you feel negatively. Let them pass by out of your mind like a bullet. Are you heart-broken, sad, hopeless, and feel down by them telling you that it’s impossible for you to be a successful person. Are you listening and make it true? Do you feel that what they are saying is true? Do you destroy your dreams just because of these negative words? Is your life is determined by them? Do they rule your life by telling you what is right and what is wrong? It isn’t wise thing to do, is it? Nobody can judge you for anything except you do. You decide what is the best for you. Nobody can make you feel down and hopeless except you. You must judge yourself to be successful. Just listen to positive things that can make you motivated to achieve your goals and dreams. Don’t ever listen to negative and destructive things. If you listen to that, it will sooner or later affect you.

There are many people forget their dreams just because they are affected by the negative things. At the beginning, they are so motivated and have powerful determination to achieve what they want. They are then low because the negative things make them hesitate and wonder if they can be what they dream of. And finally the negative things will be stronger and convince them that it’s impossible to achieve their dreams.

It’s your choice. You want to be the grasshoppers died in the hole or you want to be the deaf grasshopper that can finally survive and succeed. Once again, you choose, you are the judge, not others. Napoleon Hill said,"Who said it could not be done? And tell me what great victories does he have to his credit which qualifies him to judge what can and can't be accomplished." Who are they telling you that it is possible and impossible? Nothing is impossible. You have the right and it's possible to achieve your success.

Daily motivation.