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A parable by Ebrahim Rashid:
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
What food might this contain?' The mouse wondered . He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the
farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning:
There is a
mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!'
The chicken
clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, 'Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a
grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by
it.'
The mouse turned
to the pig and told him, 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!' The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry,
Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in
my prayers.'
The mouse turned
to the cow and said 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in
the house!' The cow said, 'Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no
skin off my nose.'
So, the mouse
returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap .
. . alone.
That very night a
sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching
its prey.
The farmer's wife
rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it
was a venomous snake whose tail was caught by the trap. The snake bit the farmer's
wife.
The farmer
rushed her to the hospital, and she returned
home with a fever.
Everyone knows
you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the
farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.
But his wife's
sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the
clock.
To feed them, the
farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's
wife did not get well; she died.
So many people
came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat
for all of them.
The mouse looked
upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time
you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember
----when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all
involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another
and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
Ebrahim Rashid commented:
Send this to everyone who has ever helped you out and let them know how
important they are to you.
Remember:
Each of us is a vital thread in another person's tapestry.
Our lives are woven together for a reason.
One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend!!!
An unknown author wrote: "The Wise Woman:"
A wise woman who was traveling in the
mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day
she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her
bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone
and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without
hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good
fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to
give him security for a lifetime.
But, a few days later, he came back to return
the stone to the wise woman.
"I've been thinking," he said. "I know how valuable this stone is,
but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what
you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone."
Sometimes it's not the wealth you have but, what's inside you that others need.
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Originally posted: 2008-OCT-01
Latest update: 2008-OCT-01
Author: various; mostly unknown
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