[Own Your Life Wed] Work with Hound Dogs?

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There’s a man walking down a lonely road and in the distance he sees a farm house and he’s kind of thirsty so as he approaches the farmhouse to get a drink of water he sees an old man sitting in a rocking chair rocking back and forth, back and forth, and sitting right next to him is a big ol’ nasty hound dog making this sound.

The stranger says, “Sir can I have a glass of water?”  The man gets up and goes into the house to get a glass of water and comes back out.  Now they’re both drinking water on the porch having a nice conversation but all you can hear in the background is, “Arrrrrrrrrr.”

Finally the stranger can’t take it anymore and he says, “I’m sorry but I’ve just got to ask, what’s wrong with your dog that he’s making this sound?”  “Arrrrrrrrrr.”

The man answers, “Son, he’s laying on a tack.”

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The stranger doesn’t know what to say because it’s kind of an unusual response.  They go back to their nice conversation but apparently the pain is getting more excruciating, “Arrrrrrrrrr” “Arrrrrrrrrr” “Arrrrrrrrrr.”

Finally the stranger can’t take it any more and he says, “Excuse me sir but if your dog is laying on a tack why doesn’t he just get up?” and he said, “Son, you just don’t understand.  The tack hurts the dog but not enough to make him want to get up and do something about it!”

Now have you met people who that all their lives all they do is “Arrrrrrrrrr?”

The next time you hear people complaining this is what I want you to remember, “Arrrrrrrrrr.”

Now I tell you the story today because many people today live and work with people who, like this hound, lack motivation to do something about their circumstances and yet there’s a lot of complaining going on about what they should be doing.

If this is a situation that you’ve been dealing with then suffer in silence no more …

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