UNEB Medicina 2018/1

TEXTO:

“The lobster’s a soft mushy animal that lives
inside a rigid shell. That rigid shell does not expand.
How can the lobster grow? Well, as the lobster grows,
that shell becomes very confining, and the lobster
[5] feels itself under pressure and uncomfortable. It goes
under a rock formation to protect itself from
predatory fish, casts off the shell, and produces a new
one. Well, eventually, that shell becomes very
uncomfortable as it grows. Back under the rocks. The
[10] lobster repeats this numerous times.

The stimulus for the lobster to be able to grow
is that it feels uncomfortable. Now, if lobsters had
doctors, they would never grow because as soon as
the lobster feels uncomfortable, goes to the doctor,
[15] gets a Valium, feels fine, never casts off its shell.

I think that we have to realize that times of stress
are also times that are signals for growth, and if we
use adversity properly, we can grow through
adversity.”

TWERSKI, Abraham. Disponível em: https://www.goalcast.com/2016/10/28/rabbi-twerski-times-stress-signals-growth/. Acesso em: 12 out. 2017.