One time a man was walking along the beach and saw another
man fishing in the surf with a bait bucket beside him. As he drew closer, he
saw that the bait bucket had no lid and had live crabs inside.
“Why don’t you cover your bait bucket so the crabs won’t escape?”
he said.
“You don’t understand,” the man replied, “If there is one
crab in the bucket it would surely crawl out very quickly. However, when there
are many crabs in the bucket, if one tries to crawl up the side, the others
grab hold of it and pull it back down so that it will share the same fate as
the rest of them.”
Guess where they all end up? They all get cooked.
The same thing is true with people who are jealous. Being
Jealous never gets one ahead in life and it also prevents the
others from succeeding. Jealousy is a sign of poor self-esteem.
Moral to the story: Ignore the crabs you have in your
life. Recognise who they are – even if they are the people you love the
most, ignore them. They may have the best of intentions – thinking
they are doing good by trying to “protect” you from failure, but in fact they
are holding you back from success. You must do what is right for you –
win or lose. Because whether you succeed or fail, you will never have the
same fate of those who never tried.
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