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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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