A man had one very beautiful daughter. When the daughter was
ready for marriage, the father sent news around town that all the eligible
young men should come to compete in a test which would determine who was fit to
marry his daughter.
On that day, all was set, all the able-bodied young men came
out.
The rich man took them to his swimming pool and addressed the men: “Any of you who can
swim from one end of this swimming pool to the other would marry my daughter.
In addition, I‘ll give him 15 million dollars, a car and a
house so they can start life well. I shall be waiting to meet my son-in-law at
the other end. Good luck!”
As the young men, all very excited at the prospect of
winning, started taking off their shirts, a helicopter came over the pool and
dropped alligators and crocodiles into the pool.
Immediately, all the men turned back and started wearing their shirts again.
Disappointed, some of
them said, ''That's crazy, lets see who would marry that girl, No one will'.
All of a sudden, they heard a splash in the pool. Everybody
watched in amazement as one gentleman waddled across, expertly avoiding the
alligators and crocodiles.
Finally, he made it to the other side. The rich man could
not believe it. He asked the young man to name anything he wanted but the man
was still panting uncontrollably.
Finally, he got back to his senses and made a request
saying, ''SHOW ME THE PERSON WHO PUSHED ME INSIDE THIS POOL!''
Moral 1:
You don’t know what you are capable of doing until you are
PUSHED!!
Moral 2:
Those seeking to push you into the jaws of alligators and crocodiles may have helped you to reach your promised land!!
Sometimes it takes going through the bad moments to bring
out the BEST in us.
Trials are raw materials for Triumphant Testimonies... The
push might take different dimensions: some people needed to be pushed/laid off
before realizing their potentials and reaching their goals in life.
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