Just Keep Swimming

This is the story of two frogs. One frog was fat and the other skinny. 

One day, while searching for food, they unintentionally jumped into a pail of milk. They couldn't get out, as the sides of the pail were too slippery, so they were swimming around trying to figure out how to make it through this horrible accident.

The fat frog said to the skinny frog, "Brother frog, there's no use paddling any more that we already have. We're just going to drown, so we might as well give up." The skinny frog replied, "Hold on brother, keep swimming. Somebody will get us out." And they continued swimming for hours.

After a while, the fat frog said, "Brother frog, there's no use. I'm becoming very tired now. I'm just going to stop paddling and drown. No one is coming to help us. We're doomed. There's no possible way out of here." But the skinny frog said, "Keep trying. Keep swimming. Something will happen, keep swimming." Another couple of hours passed.

The fat frog said, "I can't go on any longer. There's no sense in doing it because we're going to drown anyway. What's the use of swimming any longer?" And the fat frog stopped. He gave up. And he drowned in the milk. But the skinny frog kept on moving.

Ten minutes later, the skinny frog felt something solid beneath his feet. He had churned the milk into butter and he hopped out of the pail.

During many parts of our lives we feel almost like a frog in a pail of milk, unable to escape certain problems that arise and threaten our confidence in ourselves to get through that difficult time. Sometimes, we may not be able to see a solution to the problem right away, but we have to keep going and remain optimistic up until a solution is reached.