put a frog in a vessel of water and starts heating the water. As the temperature of the water
rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly. The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature. Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore. At that point the frog decides to jump out. The frog tries to
jump but is unable to do so, because it has lost all its strength in adjusting with the
rising water temperature. Very soon the frog dies.
What
killed the frog?
Many
of us would say the boiling water, but the truth is what killed the frog was its own inability to decide when it had to jump out.
The
Hidden Message!
We all need to adjust with people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust and when we need to confront or face. There are times when we need to face the situation and take the appropriate action. If we allow people to exploit us
physically, mentally, emotionally or financially, they will continue to do so…We have to decide when to jump. Let us jump while we still have the strength!
Commentary
The boiling
frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled
alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will
jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not
perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for
the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that
occur gradually. According to contemporary biologists the premise of the story
is not literally true; a frog submerged and gradually heated will jump out.
However, some 19th-century experiments suggested that the underlying premise is
true, provided the heating is sufficiently gradual.
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