Sri Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai
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.
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.
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