An elephant and a dog became pregnant at the same time. Three months down the line, the dog gave birth to six puppies. Six months later, the dog was pregnant again, and nine months on it gave birth to another dozen puppies. The pattern continued.
On the eighteenth month the dog approached the elephant questioning, “Are you sure that you are pregnant? We became pregnant on the same date. I have given birth three times to a dozen puppies and they are now grown to become big dogs, yet you are still pregnant. What’s going on?”
The elephant replied, “There is something I want you to understand. What I am carrying is not a puppy but an elephant. I only give birth to one in two years. When my baby hits the ground, the earth feels it. When my baby crosses the road, human beings stop and watch in admiration, what I carry draws attention. So what I’m carrying is mighty and great.”
Don’t lose faith when you see others receive answers to their prayers in what seems like record time.
Don’t be envious of others’ testimony. If you haven’t received your own blessings, don’t despair. Say to yourself “My time is coming, and when it hits the surface of the earth, people shall yield in admiration.”
Do not compare your journey to anyone else’s.
More Motivational, Inspiring Quotes
“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.”
The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.
“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”
Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
Your diet is not only what you eat.
“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
“Sometimes we can feel like we are not good enough, but it is important to remember that we have nothing to prove others. Love and respect yourself each and every day.”
“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”
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