February12011
FEAR
Today instead of blogging I’m going to tell you a little story..a story with a moral.
This criminal had committed a crime. (Because hey, that’s what criminals do. That’s their job.) Anyways, he was sent to the king for his punishment. The king told him he had a choice. He could be hung by a rope or take the punishment behind the big dark scary steel door. The criminal quickly decided on the rope. As the noose was being slipped on him, he asked, “Out of curiosity, what’s behind that door?” The king laughed and said, “You know, it’s funny, I offer all you guys the same choice, and nearly all of you pick the rope.” “So,” said the criminal, “what’s behind the door? Obviously I won’t tell anyone.” he said, pointing to the noose around his neck. The king paused then answered, “Freedom, but it seems most people are so afraid of the unknown that they immediately take the rope.”
All too often fear stops us from going where we want to go. It stops us from getting what we really need and want. Most people have to be at the end of their rope to be tempted to move through their fear and go for the unfamiliar, the unknown…you know, to change.
