Best of motivation: Spirit of a spider

In a corner of an old house lived a spider which diligently worked and build up his web from day to day. One day, a heavy rain poured with a strong wind washing down this old house. The leaks were everywhere, and they just wiped off the web. The whole walls were washed and became so slippery. The spider with such an effort tried his best to climb up. As you could imagine he kept on slipping down. Nevertheless, he did'nt stop trying, eventhough he kept on falling down. Again and again these activities were repeated. The spider never stopped climbing with such a remarkable persistence. This old house was occupied by three siblings, all still very young at age. When this incident took place, the three of them were watching the whole process. The eldest, sighing, commented:"My life is just so alike. Eventhough I have tried so hard and still keep on trying, I still get nowhere. What a waste! I quess this is just my destiny. Even though I have tried my best, it's useless. It just won't change!" The second son with such a relax attitude said,"What a dumb spider! Why won't he just find a dry spot, just turn around and then try to climb up? I will not be that dumb. Someday when I am faced with problems, I will just find a short cut. I am gonna use my brain to find a way to avoid problems. No need to work so hard to face them. Totally with different views after looking at the toughness of the spider, the youngest son spoke of his thoughts:"That spider is so small, and yet he has such a remarkable undefeated spirit! In all sense of bravery and persistence, I have to learn to have such a fighting spirit from him. By having such spirit, one day I definitely will reach my success!"

The story of a spider is very inspiring. Different views on seeing problems will borne different handling attitudes. And with a different attitude there will absolutely be different results. The eldest perspective's shows someone without motivation, without certain goal in life, easily giving up, and just blindly blaming it as a fate. This is the perspective that blocks one's step to reach one's. If we have this kind view it is absolutely sure that success is out of our reach. On contrary, the second son's perspective show sign of an opportunistic and pragmatic personality. In facing all problems, the choices that he makes will be to run away from the problems. And even if he needs to face them at one point, he will use all the ways, shortcuts, whatever can be as long as the target reached. He will not try to find the solutions with smart and witty thinking, but more to 'unwholesome' way out:cheating and disposing other's rights. If we apply those unwholesome attitudes every time we will be faced with obstacles, and as the consequence, our mentality will be very fragile, lame, and most probably will turn into 'cold blood'. The youngest son's mindset is persistence, which is the underlying fighting spirit that we all must have in order to achieve success. Every problem is a stepping stone that has to be solved and faced with all bravery. We have to get used to seeing all occuring problems as something natural and must be faced upon, not to avoid nor running away from. The quality of one's mental maturity is built upon by manh hindrances, obstacles, weaknesses, and problems that can be overcome. It's clear that with persistence, bravery, and consistent efforts, success can be gained.