From time to time, I get exposed to stories that really move me. Short bursts of inspiration that are sometimes really needed in times of hopelessness, or times when I just need that small push to keep going. This is one of those stories:

It is a story about a couple of employees at a company.

One day, the manager of the company placed a letter on every employee's desk which read:

The employee who is in the way of your promotion has passed away. If you want to attend his funeral, please come to the following address.

They all went.

Once the employees reached the venue, they noticed a coffin lying there. From far away, as everyone saw the coffin, they felt sorry for the guy. However, on the other hand, they couldn't suppress their happiness either. They thought it was great that the biggest rock in their path had moved aside.

And with those two opposing thoughts, they each approached the coffin, one at a time, to look at their deceased employee one last time. As they looked into the coffin they immediately paused. They were suddenly filled with shame and embarrassment.

Why?

Perhaps because there was no one in the coffin.

There was only a mirror that reflected the faces of the people to themselves.

It's amazing how we forget this simple fact throughout our lives. Do we not do the same thing all the time? We take all the blame for something and throw it at a situation, at another person, or anyone except for one person.

Ourselves.

Who else would agree that the biggest rock in your path that blocks you from achieving your goals is no one but yourself?

However, I want you to consider a few questions: why would anyone knowingly become the biggest rock in their own path to success? Why would someone want to harm themselves? Why would someone want to be their own enemy?

Say I made a fire before you and requested that you touch your hand to the fire for a few minutes. Say I promised that it wouldn't hurt and that you should just go along with what I'm saying.

No one would go along with it. No one would willfully agree because no one would ever purposely harm themselves.

So why is it that some people are their own best friend while others are their own worst enemies?

I'll leave you with that thought for this article; perhaps the answer may lay in the next.