Common Sense, Is It That Common?
Common sense is one of those mental strength skills that is a vastly underutilized. Common sense can help a person reach their human potential and achieve personal success.
Unfortunately many people have “lost” this skill. They have been brainwashed by media, marketing and peers that they have all but forgotten how to think for themselves.
Here’s a little story to explain my point….
One day a group of 100 people were hiking together through the woods. After several hours of walking they took an uncharted turn through a ravine and came upon a gorgeous hidden valley. This valley was one of extraordinary beauty and tranquility.
Before long they came to a grove of beautiful trees. They all gathered around several of the trees to examine what appeared to be $100 bills growing on the branches. There were thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of hundreds.
The leader of the group picked one of the Benjamin’s and examined it. She first checked the serial number and compared it to the bills still growing. They were all different. In fact, everything about the currency appeared authentic right down to the embedded security strip. The entire group was awestruck.
Finally, everyone began frantically speaking at once in an effort to decide what ought to be done. A group of about twenty-five of the hikers refused to believe what they were seeing. They discussed the matter at length and further convinced each other that the money was not really there. One of them convinced the others that the food they’d eaten for lunch was bad and was causing hallucinations.
A second group of twenty-five decided they d take a single sample from each tree to make sure the $100s were not counterfeit. They discussed the many ways to test each note for authenticity. One man said he’d heard of a secret government project where various currencies from around the world were somehow being “cloned” through agricultural means with the goal being to undermine the currencies of our enemies.
As he spoke others in the group began to join in saying they’d heard about this. They finally decided they’d bring the currency to authorities such as the secret service and FBI as soon as they returned from their trip and demand an explanation.
Another group of 25 decided they should dig up one of the trees and do extensive research on the roots, the soil, and what kind of nutrients the tree needed. They were at odds over which tree should be tested so they continued to discuss the problem into the night finally deciding that a small root sample from as many of the trees as possible was best.
Yet another group of 15 decided to contact the US Department of Agriculture and report the phenomenon. They immediately began their journey back to civilization to make the contact.
Five of the remaining ten decided they would do an exhaustive study of the valley to see if they could determine the origin of the trees and what type of conditions they thrived in.
The remaining five hikers emptied their backpacks and stuffed them with thousands and thousands of bills. They left the valley to enjoy the money which somehow proved to be authentic and were never heard from again.
What s the point?
Most people will spend their lives examining roots rather than pick the fruits.
I’d like to thank Charles Steed for this post. Charles author’s numerous articles that can be found at Prosperity Tribe.
