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There were two men both whom decided to get a horse. One man
found a red Rhone with much spirit. The other chose one more
docile. They would go riding together every day. It so
happened on the route they would take around the countryside,
there was a ditch about eight or nine feet wide, after a time
it was apparent that the Rhone's spirit could not be shaken
and he gave everything he had in all he did. When coming up
to this gap in the trail he hurled it the first time. Because
of the spirit in him he was quick to respond and jumped it
with no problem. Yet the more docile horse would balk every
time he came to the edge. He wasn't sure of the distance; he
would stand on the edge trembling with indecision and doubt
because the distance to him looked too great. Then one day
after awhile, coming up to the ditch and watching his companion
take it with ease, something happened within him, a knowing was
born that he could too. So with agility and ease he gracefully
bounded over the barrier.
Life is much like the two horses. When we as people come up
against trials or situations we just don't feel like we can
make the distance or that it just is too big and we don't know
if we'll make it. So we balk standing on the edge trembling.
It's not until we depend upon the spirit within. Then we are
able to make it with ease. Until we quit looking at the obstacle
or trial through our eyes, they will always seem too big for us.
But there is a spirit within us that can judge the distance to
the other side and will give us the strength to make it through
it.
As long as we let it.
It all comes to a choice whether we look for the spirit within
or just stand on the edge and balk. We will always have a choice.
-- John R. Ware |
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