The Fern and the bamboo..

Pada semester ini aku telah membeli sebuah buku bertajuk 'Marketing is Rubbish' ditulis oleh Magindren Kuppusamy. Sebuah buku yang menarik untuk dibaca dan ada pelbagai motivasi di dalamnya. Aku ingin kongsikan sebuah kisah yang sangat menarik di dalamnya. "The Fern and The bamboo..."

One day, a business owner decided he had enough of the unremitting workload, enough of the lack of response, enough of the crushing loneliness.

He went into the woods to have one last talk to God. "God," he said. "Can you give me one good reason why I shouldn't quit?"

The answer took him by surprise. "Look around you,'' He said. ''Do you see the fern and the bamboo?''

''Yes,'' the man replied.

''When I planted the fern and the bamboo, I took very good care of them. I gave them both equal amount of food and water. I gave them sunlight and rain and protected them from storms. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant fronds soon covered the forest floor. Yet nothing came out from the bamboo seed. But i did not quit on bamboo.

"In the second year, the fern grew even more splendidly than before but nothing from the bamboo seed. yet I did not quit on the bamboo. In the year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. but I would not quit. In year four again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit.

"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. But day by day the sprout grew. First a shoot, then a seedling, and eventually a cane. Within six months, the bamboo cane had risen to a height of 100 feet. It spent five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.

''Did you know that all this time you have been struggling, you have been growing? growing the roots that you need to produce your fruit. I would not quit on the bamboo. I will not quit on you.

'' Don't compare yourself to others. All of my creations have different purposes, different journey, and different time scales. The bamboo had a different purpose from the fern. yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your time will come. You will rise high.''

''How high should I rise?'' asked the man.

''How high will the bamboo rise?'' asked God in return.

"As high as it can?'' the man questioned. And he was right.

Kita tidak dapat menjangka apa kita akan jadi pada suatu hari nanti..Jika Bill Gate, Walt Disney, Donald Trumph malahan Rasulullah SAW berputus asa ketika ditimpa kegagalan, adakah mereka akan berjaya sekarang? Setiap kita ada arah tuju sendiri, jangan bandingkan diri anda dengan orang lain. Dengan itu, kejayaan pasti mengejar anda.

Sekian..