I really liked this!!

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The Ripening
Apple

Friday January 27,
2012

When you take a bite
of an apple that’s not ripe, perhaps even bitter, the problem isn’t
with the apple; the problem is we didn’t wait for the tree to get to the
place where the apple is ripe. It’s our timing that is the problem, not
the apple itself, nor the tree.



This is a powerful message for us, because it makes clear that the only
real problem we have is that our process is not yet complete. That means
we cannot beat ourselves up because we’re angry, sad or depressed, or
because we haven’t reached our goals or benchmarks.



We’re just a work in progress. We are the fruit not yet ripe for the
picking. Would you cut down a tree because it gives unripe apples? No.
You would be patient and have trust in the process.




Ditto for you.