Have you heard the story, ‘The Crow and the Pitcher’? It’s a classic from the book Aesop’s Fables. And Stuart Zadel is sharing it.
The story goes like this…
In a spell of dry weather, when the birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty crow found a pitcher with water in it.
But alas, the pitcher was high with a thin narrow neck, and no matter how hard the crow tried, he simply couldn’t reach the water.
He tried, and he tried, and just when it looked like he would need to give up in despair, he had an idea – he was going to use the pebbles on the ground.
So, one by one, he carefully took the pebbles and dropped them into the pitcher. With each pebble, the water rose a little higher and higher again until it was within his reach.
At last! The water was near enough so he could finally take a drink. And drink he did.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY
This story reminds me of the journey many people take towards financial freedom. Many try to pursue a life of abundance and often give up hope because they lose the desire or persistence to succeed, or because they don’t think outside the box. In fact, most opt to fly away and never return.
Now think about this. Imagine you’re the crow, the pitcher is the property market and the water is your financial freedom. What would you do to get your drink?
You see for me, the pebbles represent the different opportunities (or strategies) you can take advantage of to get closer to your financial freedom.
Each pebble you drop inside the pitcher becomes your investment and serves to strengthen your commitment to achieve a life of financial abundance.
Plato perfectly summed the moral of the above story when he said, ‘necessity is the mother of invention.’
But remember, you don’t have to be an inventor to make an ‘invention’.
In fact, I know of an ‘invention’ that offers you the opportunity to gather your own ‘pebbles’ without having to spend a dime.
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