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. 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. 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.