A Cruel Experiment! Don’t let this be you …

A Cruel Experiment! Don’t let this be you …
Posted on July 8, 2014 by Mary Reynolds

Dear Difference Maker,

Today, I am going to tell you something that I HOPE will make a difference in your life and the lives of those you care about …

…in just 4 short years my life, I went from being a highly successful professional to feeling like someone was running their fingernails down the blackboard of my soul.

In 1984, I lost my first child at birth, a year later I had a high-risk pregnancy, the next year after our son was born I divorced my husband, the year after that I moved to a new state, and when all of my job prospects and interviews fell through, I found myself a single mother of a two year old who was  emotionally and physically burned out and literally living on pennies alone in a huge, new city where I knew no one.

With the precious exception of my wonderful son, I had somehow managed to get everything in life I did not want!

My life was similar to that of the cruel frog experiment …

The Cruel Frog Experiment
Several experiments involving the recording the reaction of frogs to slowly heated water took place in the 19th century, which even though cruel, illustrates what can happen when we live an unexamined life:

Phase 1 of the experiment: The scientists dropped a frog into scalding water. The frog jumped out immediately, and saved its own life by doing so. You and I would do the same. If we find ourselves in extreme pain or imminent danger, we will flee immediately.

Phase 2 of the experiment: was to put the frog in a pan with tepid water and place the pan on a burner. The fire under the pan was turned up ever so slowly, until maryreynolds.com/?p=847

Reaching out …

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