Two Frogs

Once, a group of frogs was traveling in the forest in search of water. Suddenly, two frogs in the group accidentally fell into a deep pit.

The other frogs worried about their friends who had fallen down. 

Seeing how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that there was no way they could escape the deep pit and that it was worthless to try to save them.

They continued to constantly discourage them as the two frogs tried to jump out of the pit. But they could not succeed. 

Soon, one of the two frogs started to believe the other frogs that they shall never be able to escape the pit and eventually gave up trying!  

The other frog kept trying hard and eventually jumped so high that he escaped the pit!

The other frogs were astonished at this and wondered how come he was able to do it! 

The real reason was however that the second frog was deaf and could not hear the discouragement of the group. He simply thought that they were cheering him on!

The moral of the story is that people’s opinion of us would affect us, only if we believe it to be so! It is always better to believe in ourselves.