One day, a lobster and a hermit crab met in the deep ocean. The hermit crab saw that the lobster was trying to shed its shell, exposing its soft and tender body. The hermit crab said anxiously: "Lobster, how could you give up the only hard shell covering your body ? Are you not afraid that the larger fishes would swallow you up ? With your condition now, even the swift current would bang you onto the rock, and you are not going to survive that !"
The Lobster answered calmly: "Thank you very much for your concern. However, you don't seem to understand that each time we lobsters grow, we must first shed our old shells before we can grow solid and new ones. The danger we are facing now is only to prepare ourselves for the tougher times ahead."
The hermit crab was thinking, all these while he was only busily searching for shelters, and had never thought of the ways to grow stronger. He could only survive under the shelter of others, and had restricted his growth and development.
The Moral of The Story
We all have our own comfort zones. If we want to go beyond our current achievements, we must never draw a line to confine ourselves. We must always be prepared to bravely embrace the challenges to excel ourselves. You can be a lot better than what you thought you were capable of.
有一天, 龙虾与寄居蟹在深海中相遇，寄居蟹看见龙虾正把自己的硬壳脱掉，只露出娇嫩的身躯。寄居蟹非常紧张地说：“龙虾，你怎可以把唯一保护自己身躯的硬壳也放弃呢？难道你不怕有大鱼一口把你吃掉吗？以你现在的情况来看，连急流也会把你冲到岩石去，到时你不死才怪呢？”
龙虾气定神闲地回答：“谢谢你的关心，但是你不了解，我们龙虾每次成长，都必须先脱掉旧壳，才能生长出更坚固的外壳，现在面对的危险，只是为了将来发展得更好而作出准备。”
寄居蟹细心思量一下，自己整天只找可以避居的地方，而没有想过如何令自己成长得更强壮，整天只活在别人的护荫之下，难怪永远都限制自己的发展。
温馨提示
每个人都有一定的安全区，你想跨越自己目前的成就，请不要划地自限，勇于接受挑战充实自我，你一定会发展得比想象中更好。
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