Lets jump : we are all frog in
this space
I remembered the song of film Jagrati “ utho chalang maar ke aakash ko chu lo" when
someone send me the story of frog which is following
A group of frogs was travelling
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 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 crowed 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.
Lessons to be learnt:
1. There
is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is
down can be what it takes to kill him or her.
2. A
destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill him or
her.
Moral
Be careful of what
you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. 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.
