Frog Lesson
A group of frogs was traveling through the woods,
and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs
gathered around the pit.
When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the unfortunate frogs
they would never get out.
The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit.
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 simply 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
suffering and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out.
When he got out, the other frogs asked him, "Why did you continue
jumping? Didn't you hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was
deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
Two lessons:
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.
May your words be a blessing to someone today.
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