The Power Of Words
As far as points go for the day, I ate them all, but I didn't go over. We went to my parents house for dinner and to play cards tonight. Dinner was good. Ham and Bean soup with cornbread and strawberries for dessert. I didn't do well in cards at all. It just wasn't my night. Maybe next week. :) I didn't really have time to come up with a topic for tonight, so I'll leave you with a story instead about the power of words. Just something to think about. :)
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:
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.
Be special to others.
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:
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.
Be special to others.
Aimee's Adventures
7 comments:
You did very well. :-)
Your meal sounded really yummy too.
The frog story was one of the last I heard before I moved away from my WW meetings. I do miss my leaders.
PS thank you for your words today
Sorry to hear you weren't a winner in cards. You won the important battle of the points though. I'm proud of you. I love the story. Kind of reminded me of the story in the movie Catch Me If You Can about the two mice who fell into a pitcher of cream. One mice quickly gave up and died, but the other mouse fought so hard he churned the butter into cream and climbed out. MMMMMMM butter. Oh sorry. lol Great blog. Ben
Um, that's churned the cream into butter. If you're wondering why it says the other way around, look at the time of the post. Good night. lol Ben
I love that story too. I think the first time I ever heard it was at my WW meeting about 5 years ago. It's one of my favorites. :)
I know what you meant Ben. What were you doing up so late? Thought we were all supposed to be trying to go to bed earlier? :) Hope you got some sleep. LOL!
Thanks for the story. It was a new one for me. Sometimes I think I would be better off if I were deaf from my internal dialogue.
Hope you're having a good weekend!
Hi Aimee -
I've just discovered your website and the journey that you're on. Congratulations for getting back up, dusting yourself off, and getting back on track.
Even if you stumble, you've got supporters who can now help support you.
I look forward to joining you on your journey!
Dabs
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