I have a story that I want to share with you today, it’s a story that I came across and really loved so I want to share it with you here… hopefully you benefit from it.

Here is the story:

“One day a farmer’s pig fell down into a well. The animal squealed for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally the farmer decided the pig was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the pig.

The farmer invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the pig realized what was happening and squealed horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

PAUSE STORY: Before continuing, I want you go guess what happens next… what does the pig do? the ability to put yourself in the pig’s situation and solve the problem without continuing is valuable so stop reading this and do this exercise now.

Answer: What would I do if I were the pig to get out of this situation?

Continue story:

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the pig was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbor continued to shovel dirt on top of the pig, the pig would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the pig stepped up over the edge of the well and happily walked off.

So what did you get out of this story?

Here’s what I got…

Sometimes stuff happens that wasn’t planned, sometimes we get results we didn’t set out to get.

You must be determined, You must NOT quit, Life is made to accomplish those dreams. I attach my life to the way i’m living so if i’m not living my dream life and changing the world then what’s the point of living. Take your dreams seriously, they are your life and you truly live when you are living in those dreams.

The lesson of the story is this: We have 2 options.

1. To take everything as a learning lesson and use it as a stepping stone…

OR…

2. Let life knock us down and don’t get back up.

The choice is up to you, it’s all in your mentality.

The last thing I want you to do is read this post and think that you are a victim and you will have bad stuff happen to you all the time because that is not the point of this post. I know some people’s perspective will be that of a wallflower, they will say “Life happens to me” and it’s not my fault! it just happend.

Either you proactively create your world or it reactively creates you.

Less dirt will get thrown on you if you are proactive, I bet if that pig was in shape (proactive) it wouldn’t have fallen into the pit in the first place!!

No matter where you are in life, if you are in a reactive mode or proactive mode make a choice and decide to be as proactive as possible and when you need to be reactive to proactively react to it!

Life is what you make of it, your attitude, belief systems and actions are all that really matter.

Stop reading this post and do what you need to do………… NOW!

Have an amazing night and please share this post on facebook, twitter and all over the web! the world needs to hear it!

David King