Are we smarter than frogs?

There’s a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world right now and many people have stopped thinking for themselves, stopped questioning things that don’t make sense and are handing over their freedoms – willingly.

Many people are not looking at the bigger picture and are not looking long term at the potential consequences of these decisions.

Just like eating crappy food today won’t get you fat tomorrow – but if you choose to eat crappy food every day for the next year – you’re probably going to look and feel very differently.

If you saw those result overnight, you’d likely make different choices. But since it’s happening slowly overtime, it’s less noticeable – and less painful – until one day you look in the mirror and don’t even recognize yourself – or your life.

Better yet, let’s look at the awesome analogy of how to boil a frog. If you throw him in a pot of boiling water, he’ll just jump out. But if you put him in cold water and s-l-o-w-l-y start turning up the heat, he won’t even notice, until it’s too late and he’s been cooked.

I’m no “authority” – I’m not a scientist or a doctor – but I love to think big picture and ask questions.

I’m a big believer in my freedoms, my kids’ and yours and I am so grateful for what the men and women before us were willing to fight for.

Ask yourself this: would it make sense to throw all of us in “a pot of boiling water?” or would it make more sense to go one degree (freedom) at a time?

I believe we are each entitled to our own opinions about all of the various issues going on right now – and God knows there are a lot of them – and I’m grateful that we have the right to respectfully agree or disagree.

However, it’s in keeping our freedom – one of our basic rights – that we get to continue to think for ourselves, live the lives that we have been so blessed with and enjoy the opportunity to get better and give more everyday.

Without freedom what will we be left with?

Be smarter than a frog. Jump out before it boils.

Be the change. Lead with love. 

And don’t be afraid to ask the tough questions and to think for yourself.