Thinking Out Loud ~ Work Hard and Never Give Up

Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Aesop’s Fable, The Mouse and the Bull. Aesop’s Fables is available for free download here.

The Fable

“A Bull gave chase to a Mouse which had bitten him in the nose:

but the Mouse was too quick for him and slipped into a hole in a

wall. The Bull charged furiously into the wall again and again

until he was tired out, and sank down on the ground exhausted with

his efforts. When all was quiet, the Mouse darted out and bit him

again. Beside himself with rage he started to his feet, but by that

time the Mouse was back in his hole again, and he could do nothing

but bellow and fume in helpless anger. Presently he heard a shrill

little voice say from inside the wall, “You big fellows don’t

always have it your own way, you see: sometimes we little ones come

off best.”

Note: The lesson is clear. Never quit. Never give up. I didn’t graduate near the top of my high school class. I didn’t graduate from college with honors – I was happy to graduate, LOL. I learned to keep my head down and keep working. I discovered the harder I worked the more success I had. Success didn’t come easy, but it came. I discovered I could outwork those with more innate talent and it made all the difference. Like the mouse in the fable, we may not have been born with all the gifts that some have, but with wisdom and hard work, we’ll succeed. Never quit, never give up. Your best days are ahead.