Be Happy With Who You Are

We often spend a lot of time trying to be somebody else. Or we try to have what others have in the way of possessions, status, popularity, money, etc. Here is a short fable from Aesop that shows what trying to be like somebody else results in.

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"Oh Father," said a little Frog to the big one sitting by the side of a pool, "I have seen such a terrible monster! It was as big as a mountain, with horns on its head, and a long tail, and it had hoofs divided in two."

"Tush, child, tush," said the old Frog, "that was only Farmer White's Ox. It isn't so big either; he may be a little bit taller than I, but I could easily make myself quite as broad; just you see."

So he blew himself out, and blew himself out, and blew himself out. "Was he as big as that?" asked he.

"Oh, much bigger than that," said the young Frog.

Again the old one blew himself out, and asked the young one if the Ox was as big as that.

"Bigger, father, bigger," was the reply.

So the Frog took a deep breath, and blew and blew and blew, and swelled and swelled and swelled.

And then he said: "I'm sure the Ox is not as big as this." But at this moment he burst.

Trying to be like Ox made the father frog burst. How often do we get caught trying to keep up with somebody else and in the end it hurts us one way or the other. Enjoy the video below and have a great weekend.