This is probably a story that most people have heard before. A traveler comes across a lumberjack who's chopping down a tree with a blunt saw. The lumberjack is clearly working pretty hard,while making little progress. The traveler makes a suggestion to him, telling him to take a break and sharpen the saw, maybe he would get more work done after. The lumberjack replies, no, can't he see that he's too busy cutting the tree to take a break and sharpen the saw?
Moral of the story: Don't get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of life that you think you don't have time to take a break, unwind, reflect. I actually thought of that story that I read when a friend wanted to borrow a pencil of mine this morning. I realized that I didn't have another pencil because all of mine were broken. My reasoning for not sharpening them was that I was too busy using them to sharpen them, reminding me of that story. How silly of me.
Sometimes we feel overwhelmed in life. Like we're drowning and there's nobody to save us. The stress overpowers our minds and makes us unable to think clearly. We forget that it's us that are in control of our lives. Soley us, and nobody else. Take a deep breath, sit back, enjoy the good facets of your life and then manhandle (womanhandle?) anything that comes your way. Just remember to sharpen that pencil.
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