A group of frogs were 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 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 of 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 .
This story teaches 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
Today Guru Dev Ravindra Nath Tagore birthday.
Birth date: 8th May 1861
Birthplace: Kolkota , India.
Occupation: poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, thespian, educationist, spiritualist, philosopher, internationalist, cultural relativist, orator, composer,song-writer, singer, artist.
Notable award : Nobel prize in literature.(1913)
Died: 7th August 1941
Today we must remember his quotations.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
I slept and dreamt that life was Joy. I woke and saw that life was Duty. I acted, and behold, Duty was Joy.
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.
Do not say, “It is morning,” and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
We live in the world when we love it.
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
There are two kinds of adventurers; those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won’t.
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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