The story about the dog sitting on a nail!

“One day a man was walking down the street on his way to work. As he walked down the street, there were dogs on just about every front porch and they all would bark as the man walked passed them.

However, there was one dog that he remembered, because this dog was just sitting there and he was whimpering and whining and moaning, you know the little whimpering sounds dogs make when they are wounded or in some sort of pain.

Well, this particular dog was just sitting there on the front porch making those sounds.

The man was curious as to why this dog wasn't barking like the other dogs and why he was whimpering.

He couldn't figure it out, so he just kept walking to work. The next day he was in the same situation where he was walking down the street and saw the dogs once again and this same dog that was moaning and groaning the other day was doing the same thing today and he just couldn't figure it out.

Well, he walked passed for an entire week and everyday the dog would be there moaning and groaning. So, finally, the guy got fed up, he said, "let me find out what's going on."

So he went and knocked on the door...


and a guy came out and said, "Yes, how may I help you?" He said, "Sir, is this your dog?" "Yes, that's my dog." "Well, what's wrong with him?"

The owner of the dog said, "What do you mean?" "Well, he's been sitting here moaning and groaning, whimpering and whining for an entire week. The rest of the dogs are barking, your dog should be barking too, why is he moaning and groaning?"

 The owner said, "Well, he's actually sitting on a nail." And the guy said, "What! Your dog is sitting on a nail. Why doesn't he get off?" "Well, it just doesn't hurt him enough."

Sometimes the pain we know is more comfortable than the pain we don’t know... even if the reasons are good!

Change, as good as it might sound, is often uncomfortable. Anything that we are not familiar with creates fear. So we will rather stick to what we do know, even if it means the same old BS, we will rather sit on that nail than face the change.

Unless of course we are forced to change due to a threatening situation. Sad to say but this is what we all do. You will only get off the nail if it hurts bad enough. Change, I’m sorry to say this, you have to want it bad enough.

It takes,

• Determination,
• Will power,
• Constant focus,
• A lot of effort.
• Self-sacrifice 
• Faith

And belief that you can do it.



Change is different for everybody. Change is a process so there is no quick way, no “big bang” one stop solution to fix it all. Changed is always happening, it is more like a transformation in stages. Eliminate anything that activates old habit and stay focused and practice new habits constantly.