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mickymouse
· 6 years ago
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Just a side note, wouldn’t it make more sense to just chip hand and foothills rather than spending ages carving stairs?
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guest
· 6 years ago
Or just put a hand and foot on each side and wall walk out.
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celticrose
· 6 years ago
Just an observation, but in all likely hood if the guy in red had started doing that at the same time as guy in blue have caused the dirt wall to collapse into he other pit, likely killin g the blue guy.
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mickymouse
· 6 years ago
I’m still trying to figure out how the blue guy managed to dig dirt from the top withoutout crushing himself. The dirt would have been really soft for it to fall to start with and there’s a fair bit of it to get through
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guest_
· 6 years ago
That's actually an apt part of the metaphor. When you try to climb up you always risk being buried. If you take on too much or don't manage the climb right you can easily have all your work cave in. That's why having the right tools and know how can go so far to making people successful. The guy in red may be in the same situation as you. Even if he knew the guy in blue had done it already, he may have no idea where that guy even started- but know enough to know that just digging at random at best could be a waste of time and at worst could bury him. So he sits there, afraid and miserable. It's not that he wants to be in the pit, or is too lazy to do the work, he knows he's in a pit and doesn't want to be there, but he also knows he'd rather be in a pit than buried alive. Just the tiniest reassurance or hint might be enough to help him figure it out though.
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guest_
· 6 years ago
There's a lot I could say about all pits not being the same. Some being deeper, some being soft clay while others are steel hard bedrock. Overall though this is good advice. Count on yourself and fall back on hope and miracles as a last resort. The danger is when we apply it to others. The danger is when the guy in blue reaches out of the pit and sees the guy in red next to him struggling to climb out, or giving up hope and doesn't offer to help, encourage, give advice, or maybe ever spend the effort to reach in and pull him out or throw him a rope. He could easily say "I had to struggle to get here, he can and should too" and just walk away. Instead though he could also look at someone going through a rough time he went through and decide wether he had help or not it sure is nice to, and be a good guy. People don't learn by having things always done for them, but a little boost or a little display of what is possible and how to do it can help them immensely.
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