A story for you:
Once upon a time, a young piglet asked his grandpa, how do I grow up to be just like you?
Snort snort . .
Oh, that’s simple, Grandpa Pig said.
All you have to do is remember to shake it off and step up.
What does that mean? asked the young swine.
Grandpa said.
Let me tell you a story . . .
When I was your age, I was out walking and I wasn’t paying attention and I fell deep into an old abandoned well.
Finally, Old Man Jenkins came by and saw me down the well.
I was scared to death.
He lit his pipe and started to howl with laughter . . .
I stayed in the well that night and all the next day.
The following evening Old Man Jenkins came back with some drunk workers and with a flash light.
They looked down at me.
They said mean things to me that made me cry.
All of them laughed and called me names.
Then, Old Man Jenkins said to the workers . . .
That well is abandoned and that pig isn’t worth saving . . .
Let’s fill it in boys.
And believe it or not, they started to shovel dirt into the well.
I panicked
I was going to be buried alive!
After the first shovel full of dirt came down on my back, I realised something.
Every time dirt landed on my back, I could shake it off and step up on it!
They kept shovelling
And I kept shaking it off and stepping up.
This went on for what seemed like hours.
Shake it off and step up
Shake it off and step up
Shake it off and step up
I kept repeating this to myself for encouragement.
I fought the panic by shaking it off and stepping up
And it wasn’t long before I stepped out of the well, exhausted but triumphant.
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So no matter how difficult your current situation is.
No matter how deep a hole you’re in.
No matter how much dirt gets dumped on you by others.
Just remember to shake it off and step up, just like the pig did.
This story was told to me by Mr Michael Senoff, and it was inspired via Bits and Pieces publication, Dec. 28, 2000.
Richard Clarke
PS – Of course my favourite tools to help you get out of a hole are nutrition and exercise.
If you know what you’re doing you can quickly see MASSIVE changes in your life, and get out of the hole you are in.
I’ve taught many others how to do it.
And can show you how to do it too, at: