December
2006
Parable
This is the story of Floyd. Floyd had a dream of becoming a rich inventor, but all he had managed to do so far was get himself stuck in a dead-end middle management position at a buissness firm. This had left Floyd with a slightly depressed outlook on life. He thought, “Why try if it might not work.” Because of this “world view” he only spent money on the basics, never expending more than he needed to, or treating himself to anything.
One day when driving to the office he got into a minor fender bender, but it really scared him because he thought nothing, good or bad, could ever happen to him. His car still worked, so he drove on to work, but he was looking back a lot more than he needed to. The next day when he drove he was almost constantly looking in the rearview mirror. At one light he didn’t look to see that it was red. He ran it, and while looking in his rearview mirror, he got hit from the side. He died on impact. This story has two morals: Don’t put all your focus on the past, or the future will never come, and Never give up on your dreams.
