A Tadpole Who Could Not Swim

There once was a tadpole who could not swim.

His mother was quite disappointed with him.

But, no matter how hard the tadpole wiggled his tail, he would always sink back to the bottom.

All the fish would make fun of him. He was sad.

As time went on the tadpole grew legs. Frustrated with him, his mother explained, "you cannot live at the bottom of this pond forever. You must learn to swim, or you will not survive."

The tadpole was so embarrassed he started digging and digging and digging into the pond ground with his newly formed legs. He wanted to hide from the world, never having to show his face ever again. Though, as he was digging and digging and digging, he realized that the dirt was mounding up and up and up.

He used the dirt to jump up and up and up until he almost surfaced the top of the pond. Finally, he was able to take a giant leap onto the land leaving the pond behind him. He saw a new world, larger than he could ever imagine; it had no boundaries. The creature that once was a tadpole who could not swim was now a frog who was able to jump and explore the world in ways that mean fish would never be able to explore. He was happy!

Life can flood us with problems allowing us to sink to the bottom where we feel we may drowned. It is easy to give up. However, it is up to us to figure out what to do with the dirt at the bottom of the pond.

You can either dig and bury yourself alive or climb to the top to enjoy the view.

I choose to use the dirt to build character allowing me to climb back to the top. 

What do you choose?