Brand New's latest album is quite a tasty treat, and on my way to work this morning a particular line jumped out at me that I hadn't heard prior, "We are oysters all, with our grain of sand." I found it quite profound, and figured I'd share it with everyone. Reminded me of something I read not too long ago:
Success begins with recognition. We must acknowledge that change must be made. Easy enough to say. After all, when our current circumstances are familiar to us they are also very comfortable. Change requires discomfort.
It’s a lot like the story of the farmer and his old hound dog. Every day a young boy walked past the farmer’s house on his way to school. While the farmer and the dog sat on the porch, the dog howled every few minutes. Finally, one day the boy stopped and asked the farmer, "Why does your dog howl?” The farmer said very matter-of-factly, "He’s sitting on a nail sticking up through the floor board." Puzzled, the boy asked, "Then why doesn't he move?" The farmer replied, "I guess it must not hurt enough yet!"
Too many times that is how we live our lives. It doesn't hurt enough for us to change, so we sit and howl. Change starts with doing the little things day in and day out. The more uncomfortable these changes are, the more effective they will be in making us successful. Every day we make a choice. Will you choose to be a hound dog or an oyster?
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Pure oysters! Gracias por compartir. So it looks like Dustin follows your blog, how did you pull that off?
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome, but its not Dustin following the blog. I just used his picture to update my profile 'cause I think its cool. Sorry to disappoint.
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