The above is a quotation I came across in one
blog I read recently. It talked to me again and again so that I decided to
collect more information on Gazelle. I could not get much; I do not know why
there is not sufficient material in internet; may be because the animal is in
danger of extinction. What I could collect so far about the animal is surely
interesting.
Gazelles
are medium-sized grazing antelopes most standing 2–3.5 ft (61–110 cm)
high at the shoulder, and are generally fawn-colored. Gazelles are mostly found
in the deserts, grasslands, and savannas of Africa, but they are also found in
southwest and central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. There are some 19
different species of gazelles. They live in herds of ten or hundred animals. They
eat less coarse, easily digestible plants and leaves. Gazelles typically
frequent wide-open spaces and plains, where they browse on grasses, shoots, and
leaves.
Open
plains make them visible to predators like cheetahs, wild dogs or lions, but
gazelles are fleet of foot. Gazelles are known as swift animals – some are able
to run at bursts as high as 60 mph (97 km/h), or run at a sustained
speed of 30 mph (48 km/h). The ‘Thomson's Gazelle’ can reach speeds
of 40 miles (64 kilometers) an hour. Some gazelle species eschew the grasslands
for mountainous landscapes or even deserts. During the dry season some
grassland gazelles will even take to the African bush in search of water.
Gazelles
are nimble and beautiful animals, with a variety of stripes and markings that
accentuate their tan buff coats and white rumps. They also boast impressive,
ringed horns. These attributes make many gazelles attractive as game animals.
What
shall we learn from the life of gazelles? More than one principle I have
learned comes to mind. But let me write down one of them concerning finance and
debt clearing.
Allow
me to add here a verse from the Bible.
“My
son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge
for a stranger, you are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the
words of your mouth. So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; for you have
come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; plead with your
friend. Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. Deliver
yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the
hand of the fowler. (The Bible, Proverbs 6.1-5; NKJV)
We
have already seen that gazelle is a fast animal. As soon as it sees an enemy,
it takes to its legs, jumps forward and run as fast as it can.
Are
you in financial debt? Run away like a gazelle from it. Financial debt is you
enemy. It is urgent to save your life. Do everything you can to get out of
debt. It is humane to stumble and to stumble into debt. Realize that it is like
a lion to the gazelle. Lion is death to gazelle.
Use
GAZELLE INTENSITY.
What
is Gazelle Intensity?
1. Realize
the presence of an enemy – we have stumbled into a trap
2. Realize
the danger – it is death, total destruction.
3. Decide
to run for life – every minute in this trap is death.
4. Run
as fast as you can – run for life like a gazelle runs away from a hungry lion.
5. Keep
the speed till you are in a safe place.
Many
of the principles that apply to wealth also apply to health. We may fall into
poor habits that lead to poor health. Health
is wealth. Work hard to regain our health. Again use gazelle intensity.
Professor Jacob Abraham
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