Famous
Inspirational Stories
The 2 Frogs
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By
unknown Author
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.
Unknown Author