It may just be a story… an old story at that… but the lesson is timeless:
There was a man who lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs.
He was hard of hearing so he had no radio
He had trouble with his eyes, so he read no newspapers.
BUT he sold good hot dogs!
He put up signs on the highway- telling people how good they were!
He stood on the side of the road and cried: “Buy a hot dog mister”!
And People Bought!!
He increased his meat and bun orders and bought a bigger stove to take care of his trade-
He finally got his son home from college to help him out
But then something happened.
His son said, “Father, haven’t you been listening to the radio?
Haven’t you been reading the newspapers?
There’s a big depression!
The European situation is terrible.
The domestic situation is worse!
Whereupon the father thought, “Well, my son’s been to college, he reads the papers and he listens to the radio, and he ought to know”
So the father cut down on his meat and bun orders- took down his advertising signs and no longer bothered to stand out on the highway to sell his hotdogs.
And his hot dog sales fell almost overnight!
“You’re right, son,” the father said to the boy,
“We certainly are in the middle of a great Depression” !!!
Many people for fear of the unknown choose to walk down the paved road, who’s to say that up ahead on that same paved road could exist a roadblock or worse yet an abyss? The road less traveled.. is that a book ?.. or it could be a quote? Either way, ignore what everyone else says… follow your inner voice and you will be guided true to an AmaZing adventure tailor-designed just for you – keep the FAITH!
Daisy Says: Don’t follow the herd, they may lead you to the slaughterhouse.
“Society everywhere is in a conspiracy against the humanity of every one of its members. Society is a publicly held corporation. The stockholders agree, in order to maximize return on their investment, to sacrifice everyone’s liberty and uniqueness. The most valued ethic is conformity . . . If you want to be a human being, be a nonconformist. To make a lasting contribution, don’t let yourself be limited by what is LABELED good, but instead explore for yourself if it IS good . . . I’m ashamed to think how easily we surrender to badges and titles, to large societies and dead institutions. Well-respected and well-spoken people sway me much more than they should. I ought to live unsuppressed, with my head held high, and always speak the rude truth.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)