An Interesting Associations with Frog ...

I just had a chat with a close friend of mine in America. She told me that she had a dream and she dreamt of a frog. She asked if I believe in dreams. I said it depends. There is a Chinese saying, "what you think in the day, so you dream about it in the night".

I am certainly not a dream interpreter. But, I did share with her my thoughts relating to frog. First of all, FROG = Faithfully Relying On God. We may undergo many challenges and trials in life of various magnitude and duration. But, faith in God would see us through them all.

As a speaker and trainer, I have often times spoken about the two types of frogs. The first is one that is being put in a pot of cold water. When the pot is put over the fire and the water gets heated up one degree at a time. The water warms up gradually and boils eventually. What would happen to the frog in the pot of water? It would feel so comfortably warm and without realising the heat, it would eventually be boiled to death. This describes people who are very comfortable with their current situations and do not recognise the need for change.

The second type of frog is one that is being put into a similar pot of water and the pot is similarly put over the fire. But, as the water warms up, the frog feels the heat and immediately jumps out of the pot. This frog recognises the change in the environment and reacts and responds to it immediately.

So, which frog are you?

On a separate note, frogs tend to stretch out their tongue to reach for the insects. We should also stretch ourselves beyond our comfortable limits to reach for the goals we desire to achieve. Frogs leap. We should also consider a quantum leap in our success especially in the year 2006.

May the FROG help us stretch beyond our limits and comfort zones so that we could achieve a quantum leap in our success. God bless you and yours.