你有壳吗？Do you own your own shell?

在安东尼的部落看到了一则蛮有激励潜能的小故事。。。

有一天，小蜗牛突然反问自己为何自己背上天生就得有个重重的壳。想来想去，他得到了一个不满意的结论：

“老天爷对蜗牛不公平”

于是他便问妈妈。

小蜗牛：为什么我们从生下来，就要背负这个又硬又重的壳呢？
妈妈：因为我们的身体没有骨骼的支撑，只能爬，又爬不快。所以要这个壳的保护。

小蜗牛：毛虫姊姊没有骨头，也爬不快，为什么她却不用背这个又硬又重的壳呢？
妈妈：因为毛虫姊姊能变成蝴蝶，天空会保护她啊。 。。

小蜗牛：可是蚯蚓弟弟也没骨头，也爬不快，亦不会变成蝴蝶。他为什么不用背这个又硬又重的壳呢？
妈妈：因为蚯蚓弟弟会钻土, 大地会保护他啊。

小蜗牛哭了起来：我们好可怜，天空不保护，大地也不保护。 老天不公平！

蜗牛妈妈安慰他：所以我们有壳啊！我们不靠天，也不靠地，我们靠自己。

结论：如果你觉得老天不公平，那是因为老天爷对你怀着比别人还高的期望。不管多少重重的壳，种种的困难，都无法剥去我们心里那份层层且沉沉的努力与耕耘。=)

Just saw a short but meaningful story from a tuition teacher's blog. 安东尼

Below are the translation:

One day, Little Snail started to question about the pros and cons of the shell on his back.

He couldn't help it, but came into a conclusion that :

"God is UNFAIR...DAMMIT!"

Feeling depressed and frustrated, he started to ask his mum the questions he thought off by himself just now.

L = Little snail

M = Mama snail

L: Why we, snails have to bear a huge and massive shell on our back at the moment we were born?

M: This is because we are invertebrate, which means we don't have the vertebrae to support our body. Furthermore, we can only glide around in only a pathetic slow pace. Therefore, we have to rely on the protection provided by our own shells.

L: ..... But Ms Katie-Pearrer (caterpillar) at the school has no back bone too, and move around in a slow pace like us. Why? Why wasn't she born with a shell like us?

M: This is because she will become a butterfly one day, and the vast sky is her protection.

L : But brother Earthdy (Earthworm) has no vertebrae, move very slow and don't have the ability of turning into butterfly like us. Why he was not born with this heavy shell?

M : My dear.... But he has the ability of tunnelling into the soil. Therefore, he has the soil as his protection.

L : .... .... (start crying) Why? .... Why are we so PATHETIC? Why there's nothing that can protect us?

M : Come on~ boy boy XD That's the reason why we were gifted with a shell. We don't rely on others, not the vastness of the sky nor the soil.

WE COUNT ON OURSELVES!!!

cheers guys!