Two Frogs

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.