The ants, the ants, the ants...

Posted: 10 Jun 2008 05:34 AM CDT This is a picture of an ant hill from my drive way. My kids must have dropped some food or something because we had several small ant hills pop up one night. As my kids were playing outside, I watched the ants for a few minutes. These little buggers were working like crazy. They were all in motion doing something. I'm not sure what they were doing, but they were definitely hustling. It was amazing to watch. Have you ever watched ants at work? I know this activity is at the top of your "To Do" list, right? It sounds about as fun as building your own ant farm! Before we write off the ants, I think there might be something to learn from them. Later that night after telling my kids to put their toys away for the 8th time, I got the broom out and swept away all of the ant hills. Basically, I devastated their little ant village. I wonder if my broom storm was reported on their nightly ant news? I finally got my kids in for the night and was happy to have fixed our ant problem. The next morning when I opened my garage, I noticed all of the ant hills were back. These ants worked all night long and rebuilt what I had taken away. This happened all within 12 hours. Maybe ants know how to handle adversity. They just get to work rebuilding what was lost. They don't sit around complaining to each other. They don't blame all of the other ants for their problems. They don't ask their ant government to bail them out. And finally, they don't give up on life. They simply get back to work. The next day, I got my broom out again. I swept away the ant hills for second time. I also grabbed my ant spray and sprayed all around the ant hill village. Guess what happened? They built another ant hill. Talk about persistence... We all face adversity in our lives. What we do when adversity hits is extremely important for success in our lives. We should remember the ant strategy and copy it for ourselves. Simply get to work rebuilding and recreate what was lost. By the way, have you ever seen an ant relax? I haven't. I wonder if this is something we can learn from, too? Rob Minton