Motivation - Many ways to see something that is happening

One day, a king held a contest which the winner of it would receive the luxurious house as the grand prize. The conditions of the contest were quite difficult for everyone to attend. The first condition was that everyone who wanted to attend this contest must had a goat and the second and yet most difficult condition was that the goat must at least had as long horns as arm. This condition made all of the people who wanted to attend this contest feel skeptic. They wondered how and where they could find those goats. They believed that the horn of a goat was not that long.

But there was a man who determined not to waste that golden opportunity. He believed that there must be a way to find a goat that complied with the conditions of the contest. He kept on thinking and rolling his mind to find the way. After several days, he found a genius idea that he believed it could make him the winner of the contest.

The day of the contest came. However, nobody could find the goat. They said that it was impossible to find the goat that had horns that was as long as arm. But the man came to the contest with his goat and a baby. The goat he brought to the contest did not have long horns. The goat had normal horns length as well as other goats. All of the people began to laugh and tell him that he would not win the contest. Then the king asked the man why he brought that goat and why he believed that he could win the contest.

Then the man answered, “Looked at the goat’s horn and then compare it to the baby’s arm. The goat’s horn is longer that the baby’s arm. The king said before that the goat must have as long horns as arm. But you did not say exactly whose arm it was. It means that baby’s arm is OK. That’s all my explanation.” Then the king said, “Very good. That is wise and smart answer. You deserve to be the winner and win the house that I promised.”

Message for readers:

Every person can interpret and see something from different point of view. Let’s take an example of a question: what do you do if you have tried many times but you still fail in achieving your goals? The answers of the question will vary depending on the person. One will probably said that he will keep on trying until he succeed, another probably said that he will give up, another probably said that he will asked someone who has been successful how to do that, another said that it is just wasting time to do something that is hard to achieve and many more. All of the answers are correct. Once again, it depends on how a person sees something that is happening and what action he is going to take towards it. If you ask 10 persons, 10 of them will give you 10 different answers, do 10 different actions and give 10 different interpretations. 10 persons behave differently and uniquely towards one same event.

Remember the story above, everyone assumed that there was no goat that had as long horns as arm. They all thought that the arm must be the arm of an adult. They didn’t change their point of view. Don’t be static about something that is happening to you. You can change where you want to view. There are many ways to see something that is happening. If you think that you always see something in a negative way, you can now easily change it and begin to see something in a positive way.

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