A
group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a
deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two
frogs that they were as good as dead. The two
frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their
might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as
dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying
and gave up. He fell down and died.
The
other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of
frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and
finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not
hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they
were encouraging him the entire time.
Moral: 1. There is power of life and death
in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone
who is down can lift them up and
help them make it through the day.
2. A destructive word to someone who
is down can be what it takes to kill them.
Be
careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of
words... it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go
such a long way. Anyone can speak words
that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special
is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.
A TIME TO THINK
What an age
we are in .
We have taller buildings but
shorts tempers.
Wider freeways but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more but save
less.
We buy more but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses but smaller families.
More conveniences but less time.
We have more degrees but less common sense
More
knowledge but less judgments
More medicines but less well being.
We spend too
much, laugh too little driver too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too lake
, get up too tired read too rarely, watch too much of TV and pray too
little.
We have multiplied our
possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and lie
too often.
We have learned how to make a living but not a life, we have add ed
years to life, not life to years.
We have been all the way to the moon and back
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbors, We have
conquers outer space but not inner space.
We have done large thinks but better
things, we have spirit the atom but not better things. We write more but
accomplish less. Plan more but accomplish less.
We have
learnt to rush but not to wait, we have hinges income but lower morals, more
food but less appetite More acquaintances but fewer friends.
We make more
computers hold more information than
even before but have less communications
We have become large on quality but short on quality the we live in a
time of words food and slow digestions tall men and short character, sleep
profits and shallow relationships.
We are in the time of world peace and
domestic warfare More desire and less fun : more varieties of food but less
nutrition
These are the days of two incomes but more devices, of fancies house
but broken homes, These are days of quick trips, throwaway morality and pills
that do everything from cheer to silence.
THINK – are
we becoming modern or just characterless.
I am his tailor
A doctor diagnosed a patient’s rundown
condition as too much worry over money matters. “Relax”, he ordered, just two
weeks ago I had another man here in a
state of fear and anxiety because he was unable to pay his tailor’s bills.
I told him to forget about paying his tailor’s bills .
I told him to...
I “know “, said the patient looking dejected,
“I am his tailor”.
Some men are
born great; some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them ---
Shakespeare
To gossip is
a fault; To libel is a crime; To slander is a sin.
Who brought you here?
A chief guest
spoke for one hour and still he had the
desire to speak for some more time.
To his surprise he found a person taking
out a pistol and loading bullets. Anticipating some danger he looked at him and
said : “Please don’t shoot me. I will finish in a minute.”
The one with
the pistol said: “ Don’t worry. You can speak as long as you want. I will not
shoot you. I will shoot the person who brought you here”.
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