Sometimes you have to be strong when you feel like giving up, you have to fight when you just want to run away. Sometimes it's all you can do just to keep going, and sometimes you just have to let the bridge break. Let the tears flow and start over. Remember, no matter how bad things are at any one moment, no moments lasts. Good or bad, time moves on because it has to and at some point so do you.
– Don’t be afraid to fail, be afraid to not to try
Once in a village, there were two best friends, they spend most of the time resting under a tree and thinking about what should they do in their life. In thinking they had already lost a lot of their precious time.
So, one day they noticed that the women in the village used to bring water pots from the river which is far far away. How many rounds they may make, the water was never enough for the family daily needs.
Now, they had an idea. They went to the village and offered them that these best friends would bring water pots on behalf of them and in return charge 25 cents per pot. Everyone liked the offer and their business grows too fast. They started to make 50 to 100 rounds daily.
The days passed, years passed. after 10 years, they were the richest men in all the close villages.
But then, one of the friends realized that they need to do something. Now, they are healthy and young but they will not stay this way forever, what will happen to our family then. But the other said forget it, nothing is going to be bad. enjoy this time, we are doing great.
But the former knows nothing but still want to find the alternative. Some days later, in a neighboring village, he saw a potter making pots and noticed a pot with a long narrow neck. He thought what if we make a large long pipe of clay and bring it to the village.
The other friend said it is never going to work, a pipe of clay, it is really a bad idea. This friend had thousands of reasons why this is not going to work but the first one had only one that he wants to try it.
The construction began. true, a lot of problems came in the way. the pipe breaks many a time and many others too. but finally after 6 to 7 months later, the pipe was all in the place and the water starts to flow in the village.
Now, he can offer a thousand Pots per day, thus decreased the rate to 10 cents per pot.
Income starts to flow in the first friend’s pocket and the second is jobless now, who wants pots for 25 cents if they can have it for 10 cents?
Moral of the story: Don’ t be afraid to fail, be afraid to not to try. If you do nothing, you will get nothing. But if you try to do something there are chances that you may fail or you may succeed. But this time the chances had increased by 50% and it is a lot more than the former 0%.
Out of these, Two best friends – decide which is you.
*This story/legend comes from the book Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends by Margot Edmonds and Ella E. Clark.
“Dakota – Sioux: The Dakota – Sioux (pronounced Sue) are one of the most famous tribes in North America. They belong to the Siouan linguistic family, known since around 1600. They come from Mississippi – Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Gold discoveries in the Black Hills caused a rush of miners to the region, who existed in warlike conflict with the Dakota-Sioux, leading to General Custer’s defeat at Little Big Hornon June 25, 1876.
“Years ago, a man from the Dakota – Sioux tribe married a girl from the Arikara tribe. After having one child, the man brought another wife to their home. The first wife got jealous and pouted. When the time came for the people to break camp and move, she refused. Even after the tent was broken down, she refused to move from where she sat. Her baby was on her back. Her husband and the rest of the group moved on.
“Around noon, her husband stopped and told two of his brothers to go back and get his wife. “Tell her to come on. We will wait for you here. But hurry! I fear that she may become desperate and kill herself.”
“The two brothers rode off, arriving at the previous campsite that evening. The woman still sat on the ground. The older brother said to her “Sister in law, we have come to get you. The camp is waiting for you. Get up and join us.”
“When she did not answer, one of the brothers in law put out his hand and touched her lightly on her head. She had turned to stone!
“The two brothers lashed their ponies and rode back to the traveling camp. They told the story of the woman turned to stone, but no one believed them. “She has killed herself,” said her husband, “and my brothers will not tell me.”
“They broke camp and returned to their former camp, where they had left the woman. There she sat, a block of stone in the form of a woman. Her husband’s people were very excited. They chose a handsome pony, made a travois, and placed the stone in its carrying net. The pony and the travois were beautifully painted and decorated with colorful streamers. The stone was considered holy, and was given honor in the center of the camp.
“The stone and travois were taken with them whenever they moved and made a new camp. For years the stone woman traveled with the group, before she found her final resting place in front of Standing Rock Indian Agency in South Dakota.”
Dakota – Sioux
