Adebelle

Some times back, mum forwarded what she called an inspirational email to me. It was about a little frog and how it managed to reached to the very top of the tower. The crowd started to build up around the tower to see the race. Many said no one except super frog could conquer the tower. The bigger and stronger frogs heard this but were convinced they could absolutely do it. So when the race started, these stronger frogs with one end goal in mind, very enthusiastically racing towards the tip of the tower.  The crowd cheered as the biggest frog made his way ahead of the other racers. Many had written the little frog off because he didn’t have strong legs as others and he looked like a weakling.

As time ticking tick-tock away, the biggest frog looked exhausted and stopped to catch his breathe. ‘It’s impossible, you will never make it there alive, no one can do that, in fact’, he heard the crowd shouting at him from below.  At that very instant, the cold hard truth hit him like a thunder and he thought yea, he could never make it and why waste the time and energy. Very quickly, he turned and headed down to the ground, to the awaiting crowd. One by one, the bigger and stronger frogs quit as they too, thought they could never make it there since the biggest frog couldn’t do that. The crowd kept telling those who were still climbing to stop and they did.

As all the frogs made way to the bottom of the tower, the tiny frog kept moving ahead. One tiny step followed by another. Many thought he was crazy and maybe too ambitious. He didn’t care and just kept going. The crowded headed home as a few hours passed by and the tiny frog was still inching his way towards the top. For what was like an eternity, he finally reached the top. The remaining crowd couldn’t believe what they had just seen. It was a mission impossible, remember?

It turned out that the little frog was deaf!! He couldn’t hear the crowd, couldn’t hear a word about the discouragement nor the negative comments made by others and he made it!

Last week, this email would be just another forwarded email that added insignificant value to me. This week, as of today, I’d never looked at the email the same way again. I’ve lived the life of the little frog.  I almost went into frenzy and self paranoia state days ago when there were changes on my already very tight schedule. On top of the shortened deadlines, I had to shoulder additional responsibilities like never before. I was scared, hell scared and thought I would never make it and people were going to doubt about my abilities. Then, I heard people telling me that I was overloaded and would never able to meet the deadline. No one would meet that kinda deadline, anyway. I should discuss this with team lead before it is too late and strongly encouraged to ask her to reassign. Don’t get me wrong, these people meant no harm and I knew that by heart. There were just offering words of comfort. Anyone with eyes could see I was totally stressed out that day and at that instance, their words were like quick fix of comfort. I almost did what thought was the right move…

That night, I lied on my bed and prayed.  The next day, I went to work with the biggest determination and wrestled with the deadlines. Today, I hold my head high and have won the battle with deadlines and paranoia. Tomorrow, I know I can win again.

Rain is still falling and I am smiling. These are winning smiles.

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