Several men went out on a game hunting safari in Africa.
As
they were walking down the trail, suddenly the lead man steps into quicksand.
Of course, the others are absolutely horrified, and begin shouting and “running
around in circles.”
As
Joe sinks up to his knees, and then his thighs, Bill throws him a rope.
Strangely enough, Joe smiles broadly, and throws the rope back to Bill. Of
course, his friends are totally mystified by his behavior, but Bill throws it
to Joe again, and exclaims,
“Joe,
grab hold. I’ll pull you in!”
However,
now Joe not only smiles, but he giggles, grabs the rope, and throws it back
again. Now he is up to his waist, and now he is up to his chest.
And
as Joe sinks beneath the quicksand, his friends see that wonderful smile on his
face. And now there are only bubbles on the surface, and Joe languishes beneath
the quicksand, and succumbs to the nasty stuff.
It
behooves us if and when we find ourselves ‘stuck’ functionally or emotionally to
take advantage of the ropes people attempt to throw to us.
by William McDonald, PhD
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