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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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