The Monkey Man and the Inchworm

The Monkey Man finds there are many lessons to learn, when we least expect them. Case in point. The Monkey Man found himself in a very long and boring meeting at a mountain retreat. As he sat hunched over staring at the floor, his hands poised on his chin, the Monkey Man noticed a small inchworm slowly making it's way across the floor. As quizzical as the Monkey Man is, he stared at the little inchworm, wondering where he was going, what he was thinking and wondering if he would make it to his destination.
The Monkey Man watched as the inchworm almost got squished as another primate shifted their foot and it nearly came down on top of the little critter. The inchworm continued on it's journey slowly meandering across the vast stretching floor. Then the little inchworm came to another obstacle, the leg of a chair. It paused on it's journey. The Monkey Man wondered what the inchworm would do. It slowly went around the leg of the chair and continued inching it's way along his path.
After some time, the inchworm made it's way in front of the Monkey Man, right to the base of his foot. The Monkey Man made a decision to adjust his foot to allow the journey to be a little easier for his new found friend. The inchworm paused long enough as to say, thanks for making my journey easier before crawling farther across the floor. There were many other obstacles the little inchworm came across on his journey, some bigger than others. The Monkey Man noticed the little inchworm continued on, meeting each obstacle and conquering it until it crawled to the far side of the room and out of the Monkey Man's sight.
The Monkey Man pondered about this little encounter and came to the conclusion that he should be a little more like the inchworm, continuing undaunted, conquering the obstacles in his life. He thought about how sometimes there are others that help move the obstacles just like he did by moving his feet for his inchworm friend. And just like his crawling friend, he should pause to thank those that help him in his journey.
To all those that have helped the Monkey Man, THANK YOU!!!