There’s an old story told about a frog. This particular frog was born in the bottom of an old well that was built on a farm on the west coast. This old well was fairly deep and about six feet in diameter. The frog loved his life in this well. He could swim around for hours and then relax on the old ledge bricks that circle around his home. He would play and swim and rest all day long. One day the frog notices a beam of light at top of his well home. He became curious and climbed to the top of his brick home and peeked out. What does he see? A large pond! WOW, thought the frog. This is amazing! I can swim forever in that pond and never become bored. The frog watches for a while and then decides to go to the pond for a swim. He swims for a long time and rests and begins to get comfortable in his new environment.

After a long time the frog ventures out for a hop along the banks of his pond and low and behold as he ventured away from his pond he sees a lake. This lake was a thousand times bigger than his pond and a million times bigger than his well. He is so excited he hops right over and jumps in his lake. The lake is fantastic the frog is so happy he can’t even believe it. Eventually, the frog explores even farther. After he had hopped a long way he comes upon the great Ocean. He was shocked beyond measure. He could not believe that there was a span of water this big. He thought back to his home in the well and realized how limited his beliefs were. He had thought the well was his whole world. He now realized that the well was just a drop in the bucket compared to the ocean that stood before him now.

Many of us are a little bit like this frog. We have bouts of limiting self image that keeps us stuck in small thinking traps. We don’t venture out to use our real potential for fear that we will get teased or pushed back down. Some employers force employees into “wells” in the workplace by not encouraging growth and promotion. All this will change if we as individuals and employers of individuals will set up systems that encourage adventure, growth, and uninterrupted stewardship. Remember the law. If it isn’t progressing it is dieing. This law applies to individuals, businesses, marriages, plants ect. We must promote growth or we are promoting death.