Dear All I like this and wish you all appreciate its truth as as the frogs have the ear of the media and we do not At the moment Denise
> The Farmer and the Frogs > > A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he > could use a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and > asked the man where he could get so many frog legs. > > The farmer replied, "There is a pond near my house that is full of > frogs - millions of them. They all croak all night long and they are > about to make me crazy!" > > So the restaurant owner and the farmer made an agreement that the > farmer would deliver frogs to the restaurant, 500 at a time for the > next several weeks. The first week, the farmer returned to the > restaurant looking rather sheepish, with 2 scrawny little frogs. > > The restaurant owner said, "Well... where are all the frogs?" > > The farmer said, "I was mistaken. There were only these 2 frogs in > the pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!" > > [Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun of you, > remember, it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also remember > that problems always seem bigger in the dark. Have you ever laid in > your bed at night worrying about things which seem almost > overwhelming like a million frogs croaking? Chances are pretty good > that when the morning comes, and you take a closer look, you'll > wonder what all the fuss was about]. > > ======================================== > > The Turtles > > A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles,being naturally > slow about things, took 7 years to prepare for their outing. Finally > the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place for their > outing. > > During the second year of their journey they found a place ideal for > them at last! For about 6 months they cleaned up the area, unpacked > the picnic basket and completed the arrangements. Then they > discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would > be a disaster, they all agreed. > > After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve > the salt from home. Although he was the fastest of the slow moving > turtles, the little turtle whined, cried and wobbled in his shell. He > agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat until he > returned. > > The family consented and the little turtle left. 3 years passed and the > little turtle had not returned. 5 years... 6 years... then on the 7th year > of his absence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. > He announced that he was going to eat and begun to unwrap a > sandwich. > > At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree > shouting, "SEE! I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to > go get the salt." > > [Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our > expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that > we don't do anything ourselves.] > > ======================================== > > The Pretty Lady > > Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk were travelling > together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was > damaged so they had to wade across. There was a pretty lady who > was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river. > > The big monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his > back. The lady accepted and the little monk was shocked by the > move of the big monk. > > "How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are supposed to > avoid all intimacy with females?" thought the little monk. But he > kept quiet. > > The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk > followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monk let > the lady down and they parted ways with her. > > All along the way for several miles, the little monk was very unhappy > with the act of the big monk. He was making up all kinds of > accusations about the big monk in his head. This got him madder > and madder but he still kept quiet. And the big monk had no > inclination to explain his situation. > > Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not > stand it any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk. "How can > you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first > opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is very pretty? All > your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite." > > The big monk looked surprised and said, "I had put down the pretty > lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still > carrying her along?" > > [This very old Chinese zen story reflects the thinking of many people > today. We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, they irritate > us and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot of hurt, > sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous. But like the little > monk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying > the baggage of the "pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on > coming back to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a > lot of agony. Why? Simply because we are not willing to put down > or let go of the baggage of the "pretty lady". > > We should let go of the pretty lady immediately after crossing the > river, immediately after the unpleasant event is over. This will > immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further > hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over. It is just that simple.] > > > Disclaimer. > > This e-mail is private and confidential. 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