THE RAT IN YOU

THE RAT IN YOU

• Posted by COACH ABBIE

A good friend sent me this story and I want to share it with everyone. Indeed, our inner world creates our outer world and not the other way around.

There was a rat who was so afraid of cats. Let's call him Ratty. One day, he met a magician and told him he wanted to be a cat to stop fearing cats. The magician turned him into a cat. As a cat, Ratty realized he feared dogs as a cat and wanted to be a dog instead. So the magician turned him into a dog. Ratty then realized that dogs fear tigers and asked to be a tiger. So the magician turned him into a tiger.Then he met the hunter and told the magician that he wanted to be a hunter. The magician refused and turned him back into a rat and said, "I have given you the body of a tiger but you refused to let go of the heart of a rat."

We all have fears no matter who or what we are. Fear does not go away. The idea is to learn to tame that fear in order to move forward. Don't be a Ratty. If you think doing something will make you move forward towards your goal, do it. ACT inspite of fear, doubt and discomfort.