I resonate strongly with this paragraph: "YOU are enough as you are. You don’t need to be big to dream big. You don’t need to get bigger in size to accomplish bigger things. You may be a frog, ordinary and common. Put the extra in the common and be a frog in extraordinary and uncommon ways. Dare extraordinary things. Become extraordinary. YOU are more than enough to get a head start on that while being a frog. Settle into your size and uniqueness. You have capabilities for what you are built by nature to dare and accomplish. Neither is a limitation to success if you study to know how to work with what you have."
Good to know. I wish the frog had had someone around to tell/remind him. And if he received the counsel, I wish he had truly listened, processed, and internalized it. His sad preventable manner of death is our example. May we continually remember the frog so we can avoid the same fate.
What I love about this post, besides the amazing writing, is the reminder that we are enough. Every time we seek to be something different, we tend to always fail. Or certainly, at minimum, provoke suffering. It’s been said by the ancient sages time and time again—to know thyself well is the noblest of pursuits. It IS the work of a lifetime—but no one can know another (not even frogs and elephants) better than they can know themselves. Trouble is, it’s becoming lost wisdom. So thank you Tomi for the reminder in such an elegant and enlightening way. When I hear the frogs this spring around our ponds, I’ll bless them to stay frogs and forget about the elephants.
🤣🤣🤣 Oh, the frogs in the ponds! Brings back memories. Thank you so much for your kind words. And you are so right--it is the work of a lifetime. It seems that gives the illusion that there’s time to do it and many put it off as a task to do “later” what in reality deserves ongoing attention. Many young people struggle with finding their place as 🐸 surrounded by large herds of🐘 online and in the physical spaces they’re in. I love how the proverb simplifies the message that many desperately need to hear and embrace--YOU are enough. Thanks a lot for the additional insights. Peace and blessings to you as you continue to teach the world the lost/unknown practice of managing the final stage of life with dignity and grace. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers as you continue to share the experience of caring for your dad in the short time he has left. Keep the updates coming on your blog.🙏🏽💕
I resonate strongly with this paragraph: "YOU are enough as you are. You don’t need to be big to dream big. You don’t need to get bigger in size to accomplish bigger things. You may be a frog, ordinary and common. Put the extra in the common and be a frog in extraordinary and uncommon ways. Dare extraordinary things. Become extraordinary. YOU are more than enough to get a head start on that while being a frog. Settle into your size and uniqueness. You have capabilities for what you are built by nature to dare and accomplish. Neither is a limitation to success if you study to know how to work with what you have."
Good to know. I wish the frog had had someone around to tell/remind him. And if he received the counsel, I wish he had truly listened, processed, and internalized it. His sad preventable manner of death is our example. May we continually remember the frog so we can avoid the same fate.
I am enough and comfortable in my frogness :) This proverb blast is amazing!
Yes, you are. And it looks glorious on you too. Thank you for exemplifying that and continuing to mentor others to show up in the world that way.
Beautiful! My favorite part is: Show up in the world in your awesome frogness.
Yes, Esther. May our time here be spent showing up as us and shining brightly with our gifts and capabilities while continuing to improve them!
What I love about this post, besides the amazing writing, is the reminder that we are enough. Every time we seek to be something different, we tend to always fail. Or certainly, at minimum, provoke suffering. It’s been said by the ancient sages time and time again—to know thyself well is the noblest of pursuits. It IS the work of a lifetime—but no one can know another (not even frogs and elephants) better than they can know themselves. Trouble is, it’s becoming lost wisdom. So thank you Tomi for the reminder in such an elegant and enlightening way. When I hear the frogs this spring around our ponds, I’ll bless them to stay frogs and forget about the elephants.
🤣🤣🤣 Oh, the frogs in the ponds! Brings back memories. Thank you so much for your kind words. And you are so right--it is the work of a lifetime. It seems that gives the illusion that there’s time to do it and many put it off as a task to do “later” what in reality deserves ongoing attention. Many young people struggle with finding their place as 🐸 surrounded by large herds of🐘 online and in the physical spaces they’re in. I love how the proverb simplifies the message that many desperately need to hear and embrace--YOU are enough. Thanks a lot for the additional insights. Peace and blessings to you as you continue to teach the world the lost/unknown practice of managing the final stage of life with dignity and grace. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers as you continue to share the experience of caring for your dad in the short time he has left. Keep the updates coming on your blog.🙏🏽💕
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