dawn

“Once a year, in the frog kingdom, a race was organized. Every year there was a different goal. This particular year, they had to get to the top of an old tower. All the frogs from the pond gathered to watch the event. The starting gun was fired. When they saw how high the tower was, the frogs in the crowd thought the competitors would never be able to reach the summit. They started saying things like: “‘Impossible! They’ll never make it.’ “‘Frogs can’t climb up something like that!’ “‘They’ll dehydrate before they get up there.’ “The competitors could hear them, and one after another they began to feel discouraged. Only a few went on climbing. The onlookers kept insisting: ‘It’s not worth it! None of them can make it. Look, they’ve nearly all given up!’ “The few remaining frogs admitted defeat, all except one, who simply went on climbing despite everything. And, alone, after a supreme effort, the frog reached the top of the tower. “Stupefied, the others wanted to know how he had done it. One went over to ask what his secret was, only to discover that the winner . . . was deaf!”
― Raphaëlle Giordano, Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One