I was reminded the other day of a famous fable about the chicken and the pig. It seems the chicken approached the pig about opening a restaurant that specialized in breakfast. The chicken tried to sell the pig on the concept as a win-win in that between the two of them, they possessed everything needed for a great breakfast of ham and eggs.
The pig was not an easy sell in that he realized that there was a catch in that the venture would take different levels of participation. It seems that the chicken would only need to be involved while the pig was going to have to be committed.
Certainly this is a lesson to be learned in the way that we live our lives. So many of us are just involved while others are completely committed. This happens in how we handle our choice of employment, our relationships and how we interact with life itself. I’m afraid that I have played the part of the chicken instead of the pig in far too many things.
I am never going to be confused with a philanthropist, but I usually am not afraid to contribute to worthwhile causes. However, I have rarely completely committed myself to the cause. I’m embarrassed to admit that it took a slap in the face with the reality of a cancer diagnosis to change my participation from one of audience to one of actor.
Next Saturday (October 17), I am going to participate in the Light the Night walk sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help raise funds for not only those afflicted with blood cancers but also their families. We tend to forget that the pain of these diseases afflict not only the individual but also the friends and family.
I’m asking for your help in supporting this cause. Please help by either walking that evening and collecting donations or just helping with a donation of your own. I know that many of you that read about the comings and goings of my life are spread all over the country and will not be able to participate physically, but please know that your donation can help someone in need.
Please visit the Light the Night site and help others that you may never meet.
Light the Night
The pig was not an easy sell in that he realized that there was a catch in that the venture would take different levels of participation. It seems that the chicken would only need to be involved while the pig was going to have to be committed.
Certainly this is a lesson to be learned in the way that we live our lives. So many of us are just involved while others are completely committed. This happens in how we handle our choice of employment, our relationships and how we interact with life itself. I’m afraid that I have played the part of the chicken instead of the pig in far too many things.
I am never going to be confused with a philanthropist, but I usually am not afraid to contribute to worthwhile causes. However, I have rarely completely committed myself to the cause. I’m embarrassed to admit that it took a slap in the face with the reality of a cancer diagnosis to change my participation from one of audience to one of actor.
Next Saturday (October 17), I am going to participate in the Light the Night walk sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help raise funds for not only those afflicted with blood cancers but also their families. We tend to forget that the pain of these diseases afflict not only the individual but also the friends and family.
I’m asking for your help in supporting this cause. Please help by either walking that evening and collecting donations or just helping with a donation of your own. I know that many of you that read about the comings and goings of my life are spread all over the country and will not be able to participate physically, but please know that your donation can help someone in need.
Please visit the Light the Night site and help others that you may never meet.
Light the Night
The little ordeal that I have experienced these past nine months has changed me in many ways. I hope that my words have also helped you change. Make sure that you become involved like the pig and not live your life on the sidelines with the chicken. Don’t wait for that slap in the face to make you take life by the horns.
