Don't Be a Crab
My encouragement today is, don't be a crab.
I heard this story about a deaf frog. There were two frogs, and they were trying to jump out of this hole. People were standing outside, and they were saying, "You can do it, you can do it!"
All of the sudden, after a couple of jumps, they couldn't do it.
The people were like, "Oh, give up. You can't get out of there."
One frog just kept jumping and kept jumping, and people are screaming, "Don't do it, don't do it! You can't do it. You can't do it! No, it's not possible!"
The one frog kept jumping, and jumping, and jumping. Finally, he got out of the hole.
The people were like, "Why'd you keep jumping?”
And he goes, "What do you mean? I can't--" He's reading their lips. He's like, "I can't hear you. I'm deaf! I thought you were encouraging me by saying keep going, keep going!”
Be the deaf frog. Don't listen to the negativity of others. When others want to crab you down, they want to pull you down, don't listen to them. Go and find yourself a separate basket with no other crabs.
Encourage each other.
