I am planning to start posting a short motivational stories to encourage you to be inspired to achieve more and help you remove your self-limiting beliefs and motivate you to feel and become better.
Here is the short story to start with...
Four words that get you through the emotional highs and lows
There’s a famous fable of an ancient powerful king. As powerful as he was, he often struggled with emotional highs and lows, and that had caused him heavily during critical moments in battles.
The King was prone to periods of great elation where he would make very poor decisions, and periods of great despair where he would get extremely upset.
One of the kingdom’s wise men created a ring for the King, a device that would help stop him from getting lost in his high and low moments.
The King asked, “How does it work?”
“Wear the ring with you always. In times when you need it most, it will show you the answer and you will know what to do.” replied the wise man.
Almost immediately, a horseman rode in and demanded to speak to the King.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The kingdom is surrounded. We’re under attack!”
The King and all his best men rode out to meet their enemies on the battlefield. They fought for a long time and it appeared that they would be defeated.
Everything seemed dark and hopeless, just when the tired King was about to surrender the ring suddenly shined and caught his attention.
Engraved on the ring was an illuminated message – four words which he did not see before: “This too shall pass.”
All of the sudden, the King found new hope, courage, and a burst of energy out of nowhere and fought back with everything he had. His new strength inspired his men to fight like never before as men possessed. Soon, the tide of the battle turned and they won.
The King returned to his city and threw a massive celebration for many days. Just when he was losing himself in the midst of a great feast, the ring shined and there was an illuminated message which drew his attention.
This time it said, “This too shall pass.”
Those four words woke the King up and returned him to his centered self. He came back to his senses, he returned to clarity, which had always been there inside of him.
Isn’t it interesting that when the King read the message, nothing in the external world changed but his thoughts? That alone changed his whole experience and the eventual outcome.
‘’This Too Shall Pass’ is one of my life mottos engraved in my mind, and it is a very wise motto for us to cling to.
These magic words teach us the power of impermanence. The basic idea of these words is to remind us that, no matter how wonderful or horrible life seems to us to be, THINGS WILL CHANGE. Every thought, every emotion, and every life experience, even the chaos of this pandemic is temporary. We are living through an extremely difficult time as we continue to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Uncertainty is all around us and it is a frightening time, but I am sure we will get through it- together. Nothing is permanent and there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
So during this difficult time, remain positive and remember that this pandemic too shall pass. :)
Take care.
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