Belief is all you need.
By James W. Moore
A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to read a map, he
accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Though he wasn’t injured, his car was
stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help.
“Warwick can get you out of that ditch,” said the farmer, pointing to an old mule
standing in the field. The man looked at the haggardly mule and looked at the
farmer who just stood there repeating, “Yep, old Warwick can do the job.” The man
figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and Warwick made their way back to
the ditch.
The farmer hitched the mule to the car. With a snap of the reins he shouted, “Pull,
Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull Warwick!” And the mule pulled the car from the
ditch with very little effort.
The man was amazed. He thanked the farmer, patted the mule and asked, “Why did
you call out all of those other names before you called Warwick?”
The farmer grinned and said, “Old Warwick is just about blind. As long as he
believes he’s part of a team he doesn’t mind pulling.” |