The waiting baby turtle

Once upon a time,in a beautiful forest,there was a happy turtle family,daddy turtle,mommy turle and baby turtle.

The waiting baby turtle

One day the family wanted a picnic together.After climbing for five years, They finally reached the destination, under a big tree on the top of the mountain.

However ,when opening lunchbox,there were only sandwishes but no fruit juice! "I dont wanna eat dry."So the baby turtle volunteered to go home and take back some juice."But dont eat on the sly when I am away."He told daddy and mommy again and again,and left with their promise.

5 years passed, then 10 years, daddy and mommy sat tight and waited all along. However the baby turtle hasn't returned. Daddy said:"Honey I am hungry,maybe we should eat first." Mummy stopped him and said:"No we promised our baby.Lets wait a little longer." 20 years passed.The poor parents were almost starving to death.They couldnt bear any more,and took out the sandwishes.Just the moment they bite, the baby turtle jumped out from the tree and yelled with excitement:"Guess what?I know you will eat when I am away! I've been waiting for 20 years!"

Dear friends,is it funny?The baby turtle wasted 20 years to find crime evidence but totally forget his true task is getting juice.It was no one else but himself who ruined the picnic.

However, all the fairy tale are based on reality. maybe each of us more or less has chance to be the baby turtle. So did I.

I once rent a apartment with a strange girl,Tina. It was a old house with a old hand washing sink.Unfortunately one day the sink was blocked.“OMG ！(knock knock knock)Tina lets find a plumber.”“Okay⋯⋯”No more disscusion. Why? That is not just my issue.1 day later,(knock knock knock)"Tina, the water is going to spread to the living room!"No reply. Hey,what is wrong with you？Why should I live with such a lazy girl? Fine. I found a plumber and texted Tina after all things done."Hi dear, I am afraid that the one contribute no labor need to contribute money. So please pay me the repairing fees tomorrow. Thank you."After a while I received her answer:"Ok,and sorry I was busy with work before and haven’t notice that problem." Oh, My anger died down immediately. I become the baby turtle, busy with judging the "lazy girl", but forget the point is just to fix the sink. Now I become the tough one who cannot get along with roommates!

The waiting baby turtle

As the famous adage Murphy's law said，nothing is that simple as it seems to be. If you are worried about something happening, then it is more likely to occur. It has been proved that there is a mysterious relationship between negative expectations and bad result. If you believe things wont go well, you may become too depressed and anxious to focus on the problem itself.

Dear friends, next time when you worry about the current situation ，when you can’t stop forecasting some bad result，Take a deep breath, think about the baby turtle and tell yourself :”Don’t be foolish, just go and get the juice !”