Saturday Morning Reflections: Hungry rat and the Jar of grains

Once upon a time, a mouse found itself placed at the top of a jar filled to the brim with grains. Surrounded with surplusage, the mouse was excitedly happy to find so much food around him. It felt there was no need to run around searching for food anymore. Now he could happily live his life happily, chowing away at all the grains.

But, the mouse would soon learn a bitter lesson of life. After a few days of enjoyment, chewing away at the grains, the mouse realised that it had reached the bottom of the jar.

Suddenly, it dawned on the little guy that he was trapped and couldn’t get out no matter how hard it tried. This is because, for as it continued to feed fat on the grain filled jar, it continued to sink. He now had to fully depend on someone to put grains in the jar for him to survive.

He now had no choice but to eat what he’s given.

A few Lessons to Learn from this:

1) Short term pleasures can lead to long-term traps.

2) If things come easy and you get comfortable, you are getting trapped into dependency.

3) When you are not using your skills, you will lose more than your skills. You lose your CHOICES and FREEDOM.

4) Freedom does not come easy but can be lost quickly. NOTHING comes easily in life and if it comes easily, maybe it is not worth it.

Don’t curse your struggles. They are your blessings in disguise.

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