Life

DROP THE BONE

A dog has taught me an important lesson in this encounter.

I was in a car commuting from home to my daily errands. The car was speeding at about 80km per hour.

Suddenly, I saw a dog running so fast trying to overtake the car so that it could cross the road.

I was frightened that the car would overrun the dog. I was praying that the dog would increase its speed and cross the road safely. The car was fast approaching the dog.

Then, I saw the dog suddenly increase its speed and was able to cross the road successful.

Pheew! I sighed, thanking God it wasn’t hit by the car.

But, I noticed that something fell off from the dog before the dog suddenly increased its speed.

I asked the driver to kindly reverse. I needed to see what fell off...

When I saw what fell off, one of the greatest lessons sunk into my mind.

The dog let go of the BONE.

It was that SIMPLE. The dog reached a point where it had to let go of the bone in order to gain speed and save its life.

Whao! The dog is SMART… I thought.

What’s the LESSON?

Let go of the bone.

There were bones we held on to in 2017... If we successfully let go of the 2017 ‘BONES’, then we will do wonders in 2018 and years beyond.

There are so many types of bones which for sure have held us back...

Let’s make the painful decision of letting go of all bones. If you crossed over into 2018 with BONES, drop them immediately.

• Failure to seek new thoughts or new ways of doing things is a BONE.

• Doing things in the same unsuccessful manner, year in year out, is a BONE.

• Thinking that money alone is the source of your happiness, that’s a HARD BONE.

• Going to work late and acting irresponsibly is a BONE.

• Not worshiping God; that’s a tricky bone, even the hyena cannot handle.

• Being unjust to those who are less privileged or maltreating staff or strangers; BONE.

• Watching our friends fail; yet we could have helped them succeed; BONE.

These are only few examples, the list is endless. Bones lag us behind from reaching our God-destined potential.

Let’s drop the BONE, and help others do the same, so that we have a prosperous 2018 and many more years ahead.

Happy New Year 2018.