Don't PERSEVERE At Doing The Wrong Thing...

We have always been encouraged to be determined in what we are doing and to persevere, persevere and persevere.

There was a housefly that was trying to fly out of an office surrounded with glass panes. It was so determined that it kept flying towards the glass pane and knocking against it. It reversed a little and tried again and repeated the same action many times. It persevered and persevered but still could not fly out of the office. Actually, just another glass-pane width across, there was an opening. All the housefly ought to do was to just take a step back, take another look at the situation and it would be able to fly out of the office with ease and unhurt.

In life, sometimes, we are faced with difficult and trying situations. But, we have been told to persevere. The lesson we can learn from the housefly is, NOT to persevere at doing the wrong thing. When we have given a situation enough time to improve or change and it doesn't, it is good to sit back, reflect and take another good look at the situation again. The solution may be just so simple and obvious.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Yes. But, make sure it is the first step in the right direction. Otherwise, you might be just in time to be too late to realise that you have walked a thousand miles in the wrong direction.