Daniel told me an old folk tale that I think of often especially when I talk to people about our business.
There was a tribe of people who lived their entire lives in a fast moving river, clinging on to rocks. They would raise their children the same way, holding on with their arms wrapped around their parents holding on to their rocks. "Don't let go or the water will wash you away and you will perish!", warned their parents. This is the way they lived, they knew of no other.
One youth, questioned this way of living in fear. He wondered what live was like down river. Tired of this existence, he let go. The water rushed him away, through the rapids, around the bend where the water soon calmed and left him in a eddy near a white sandy beach and another community of people lived in abundance, peacefully and without fear. His only wish is that he had let go of his rock sooner.
My confession is that we had that rock, working hard for other people, trading time for money. Daniel and I have both been apart of layoffs, and asking for raises, hoping for promotions, fears of losing our jobs during downturns. We let go and now have been happily unemployed for many years. Now we decide what we want to make, and what level we want to be. We are finally getting paid what we are worth!
