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Monday, December 15, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Beauty of the Blog
Andy Jorgensen has definitely helped me think outside of the box for many years and in doing so introduced me to great music such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and other 70's stuff. Andy told me a story a few years ago that I draw upon every now and again for inspiration. It is a funny story with a good moral that you need to live your life and make the best desicions for you and not fret over what others always think. Yes, you can take their advice and make your best desicion but can't always please everyone. I am not perfect and this blog is a bunch of opinions so please refer to this story if you dissagree with anything I say in the future:)
Once upon a time there was an old man and a little boy in the country who needed to go to the village. They set out the next morning with their donkey in order to bring home the things they needed from the village. All three of them were walking down the road when they passed another traveler, who stopped them.
"Why are you walking when you have a perfectly good donkey to ride?" He asked. So the man put the little boy on the donkey to ride and they continued.
A few miles later, another traveler saw them and was concerned: "Little boy, how disrespectful to your elders to ride when you're so young and have more energy. This man should be walking." And so the little boy got off and the old man got on the donkey and they continued.
A few miles later, another traveler objected: "Old man, can't you see this boy is too little to keep up with the donkey?" And so they both got on the donkey and rode, hoping they had finally solved the problem. But sure enough, they crossed paths with another objector. "Poor Donkey!" she said, "You two have legs as well, you know, and you don't need to exploit this animal."
And so they got off and lifted the donkey onto their backs.They went a mile or so like this and came to a narrow bridge. It was so narrow, and they were so exhausted from carrying the donkey, that they slipped and dropped the donkey, who fell to his death at the bottom of the canyon.
Moral of the story: If you try to please everyone, you can kiss your ass goodbye.
Once upon a time there was an old man and a little boy in the country who needed to go to the village. They set out the next morning with their donkey in order to bring home the things they needed from the village. All three of them were walking down the road when they passed another traveler, who stopped them.
"Why are you walking when you have a perfectly good donkey to ride?" He asked. So the man put the little boy on the donkey to ride and they continued.
A few miles later, another traveler saw them and was concerned: "Little boy, how disrespectful to your elders to ride when you're so young and have more energy. This man should be walking." And so the little boy got off and the old man got on the donkey and they continued.
A few miles later, another traveler objected: "Old man, can't you see this boy is too little to keep up with the donkey?" And so they both got on the donkey and rode, hoping they had finally solved the problem. But sure enough, they crossed paths with another objector. "Poor Donkey!" she said, "You two have legs as well, you know, and you don't need to exploit this animal."
And so they got off and lifted the donkey onto their backs.They went a mile or so like this and came to a narrow bridge. It was so narrow, and they were so exhausted from carrying the donkey, that they slipped and dropped the donkey, who fell to his death at the bottom of the canyon.
Moral of the story: If you try to please everyone, you can kiss your ass goodbye.
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