How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
In the land of make-believe it’s the little dog who comes up with bright ideas that the big dog rejects, at first, then the big dog comes around to grapple with big ideas the little dog doesn’t see as courage but instead as failure.
If the little dog had big ideas that the big dog encounters other than what the little dog had suggested, the little dog wouldn’t have limitations.
The little dog continues to have bright ideas while the big dog struggles with big ideas.
When the big dog is confronted with big ideas he has already failed by not contributing bright ideas.
The little dog will not encounter bigger ideas until the big dog sees the bright ideas in action first.
The big dog confronts his fear of big ideas by letting the little dog know success.
The little dog succeeds within its limitations because he doesn’t know fear.
Big ideas win in a make-believe world. Even though bright ideas originate with the little dog, they end up challenging the big dog who takes all the risk.
Francis Erich McElroy 