I have this toad that has been in my back yard for the past several years. At one point I thought someone had dumped him somewhere (I’ve never found it), but now I’m more excited than ever to see how he grows. I am glad that he is free from the clutches of an invasive pest, but now I would like to see him put his energy into something more productive and beneficial.
We are talking about southern toads here, a species of toad that is native to the south eastern portion of the United States. They are the size of your thumb and are one of the smallest animals in the animal kingdom. And now they are being brought to our shores, the same way the world is spreading across the Pacific Ocean. It is estimated that there are now over 2,000 breeding pairs in southern Florida.
Well, they’re certainly making a good number of toad babies. The southern toad is a very social animal, and it has no trouble climbing trees, which is great if you want to give your toad a chance to mate. But if you want your toad to become a more productive member of society, it has a lot of work to do. A southern toad can’t use its feet to climb, so it has to climb with its head.
The reason a toad is so useful is because it can climb up trees like a monkey. To be a toad you have to have the ability to run and run and run. You can do this in the city, but not on a country road. If you are in a country road with no trees or other obstacles, you have to be able to run and jump and climb over anything. This makes it a very hard thing for toads.
I’m not sure what to make of this, but I have no doubt that if a toad ever runs across this same road and gets hit by a car, the damage could be catastrophic.
Yeah it could be a lot worse, since a vehicle like that could be a deathtrap for the toad, but you have to imagine that a toad is almost always on a road with trees. A car that runs over a toad, even if it only tears a strip off, would surely kill it.
Yeah, but what’s even more tragic is that if I was a toad I’d probably be in a world of pain. Being hit by a car while running on asphalt would be the worst thing I could ever endure. A car that hits a toad on a road with trees would also be the worse thing I could ever endure. A car that hits a toad while it’s driving would probably be the worst thing I could ever endure.
That’s the point. The more we’re exposed to trauma, the more we’ll learn to adapt to it. Sometimes the best solution is to leave the trauma behind, but sometimes the best solution is to keep it there.
If you’ve ever had a really bad day at work, this advice is for you. When you find yourself in the position where you are having a really bad day at work and your boss doesn’t want to listen to you or see your point of view, try to remember the reason you’re there and try to think about the reason you’re there. Try to remember the reason you came to your current job in the first place.
The thing about that is that if youre not working with other people, you dont really have a point of view. You know your way around the office and know what the other people are working on. You could even just remember your own role in the company, but that doesnt really make you that much more valuable.