My next peak

My daughter missed calling me and didn't even pick my calls for 3 days just a text message all is good will call back. Finally when she called she just said ma was too lazy to call. I smiled and said ok. She simply said waiting. John and his friends used to go mountain climbing once every year. This time they have decided to climb mountains in the Swiss Alps. They reached the famous mountain spot in the Swiss Alps and were surprised to see many people climbing the mountains. John and his friends started wearing all the mountain climbing gear and started climbing. In no time, they reached the top of the hill. After reaching there, friends decided to camp there. Then John saw only a handful of people were trying to climb the next peak. He told his friends, “Let us go and climb that mountain also. It will be fun and challenging instead of camping here.” A friend replied, “No way, I have heard people talking about that mountain. It seems the path is difficult to climb, and only a few people can able to climb.” People nearby hearing the conversation made fun of John and said, “If it was easy to climb, why we were sitting idle here.” Hearing them, John took that as a challenge and went alone towards climbing the peak.

Two hours later, he reached the top of the hill. People who were already there welcomed John with a round of applause. John was happy having climbed the peak. He could see the beautiful views of nature from the top. He started a conversation with people and asked them, “While climbing this peak, I felt it was not so difficult. Then why only a handful of people here? If people could climb the below peak, they can climb here also if they put in some effort.” A veteran climber replied, “Most people in the crowd right there are happy with what they find easy. They never think that they have the potential to achieve more. Even people who are not happy there do not want to take any risk. They think if we take risks, they will lose what they already have. My daughter said got it ma will call u even it's aft the most tiring day ????.

Reflection by Dr Anjana https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/anjanavinod

Reflect in life to answer a simple question - isn't it true that to reach a new peak, we need to put in our effort and show more courage only then can they not be a part of the crowd the whole life Complaining about the handful of courageous people and call them lucky is our escape route. The Irony of life is the comfort zone is a beautiful place but nothing ever grows there. Remember staying in our comfort zone is the easiest to do but to achieve something big, we need to push ourselves as we put in effort with courage. comfort is our biggest trap and coming out of this trap is the biggest challenge. Like they say if u want something you never had you need to do something you never did. It's ok to feel the fear but do it anyway. A ship is the safest at the shore but remember that's not what it's built for. Lets go ahead in life and TRY else we will never know what our true potential is & it's only beyond our comfort zone lies the Success Zone. How do you read this story

1. Which is that comfort zone you did like to get?out?of?today?