I want to share a fantastic story that I read a couple of days back in a book by Rev. Dr. Robert H. Schuller named "TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST, BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO!" The name was inspiring enough. A story about life, our triumphs, our struggles and the way we overcome it. A story that, though derived from a thing as minuscule and innocuous as a potato, really forces us to reassess our approach towards life. Here it goes:
The potato farmers of the US state of Idaho sort them out according to their sizes - big, medium or small, after they have been harvested. This helps them to get the maximum market dollar over their product. Its only after these potatoes are sorted, that they are bagged and loaded onto the trucks. This method has been followed for generations by all the farmers - all but one. One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes at all and still he seemed to making the most of the money. A perplexed neighbor finally asked him, "What is your secret?" He said, "It's simple. I just load up all the potatoes onto the truck and take the roughest road to town. During the 8-mile trip, the small potatoes fall to the bottom, the medium ones land in the middle and the big potatoes rise to the top".
This is not only true for potatoes. Its a law of life. Tough people rise to the top in rough times, on rough roads. Knute Rockne said "When the going gets tough, only the tough gets going." Tough people bring out there best under adverse situations. They fight. They survive. They win. They come out on top. You'll never win a battle that you did not fight. You will never hit the bull's eye, if you never take the shot. Life's a struggle. Accept it and fight it.
Always remember - "TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST.. BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO!"
The potato farmers of the US state of Idaho sort them out according to their sizes - big, medium or small, after they have been harvested. This helps them to get the maximum market dollar over their product. Its only after these potatoes are sorted, that they are bagged and loaded onto the trucks. This method has been followed for generations by all the farmers - all but one. One farmer never bothered to sort the potatoes at all and still he seemed to making the most of the money. A perplexed neighbor finally asked him, "What is your secret?" He said, "It's simple. I just load up all the potatoes onto the truck and take the roughest road to town. During the 8-mile trip, the small potatoes fall to the bottom, the medium ones land in the middle and the big potatoes rise to the top".
This is not only true for potatoes. Its a law of life. Tough people rise to the top in rough times, on rough roads. Knute Rockne said "When the going gets tough, only the tough gets going." Tough people bring out there best under adverse situations. They fight. They survive. They win. They come out on top. You'll never win a battle that you did not fight. You will never hit the bull's eye, if you never take the shot. Life's a struggle. Accept it and fight it.
Always remember - "TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST.. BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO!"
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