Work your way up 👍

The toad inside a well heard noises from above, the toad was amazed because till that moment the toad had heard only the sounds made by the fishes, the water swirling noise and by the other toads

This guy got curious and decided to investigate, the thought of hopping to the top has never crossed his mind, hence he had seldom made efforts to explore the possibilities of reaching the outer world

He saw those tiny circles of stones running in circles at evenly spaced intervals, all the way up to the top

He took a deep breath, hopped onto the nearest and the first step of the stone circle, hey it's so simple he felt

So the next hop was casual and blob, he fell back in the waters

He learnt the first lesson > focus

He hesitated to hop again and the more he thought about slipping to fall the lesser the confidence of succeeding was

He learnt the second lesson > self-confidence

Once realised, he regained self-confidence and began to hop and climb again

This time he stayed focused on the mission, took short breaks at each step up and resumed hopping up

Few more circles of steps to climb but the toad was exhausted, he looked down and was startled to find the water body deep down

It was clear that either he manage to cover the remaining height and emerge victoriously or risk the fatal fall

He learnt the third lesson > perseverance

He made a sign of crossing his fingers, let out a mild whistle, croaked to clear his throat and hopped

Hooray, he succeeded to land on the higher step and felt real good

He learnt the fourth lesson > self-trust

The remaining steps were a cakewalk and he hopped out of the well to find the source of the sound and his mission was completed

A toad in the well finds the well as the world until the toad pursue to hop off the well to find the real world

We too must make efforts to hop out of our well of self-doubts to find the world of self-trust and self-reliant

One step at a time we can climb great heights once we self realise to restore our self-confidence 🙏🏼