The power of words

A group of frogs were travelling 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. You see this frog was deaf, unable to hear the others plea. He

thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

This story teaches two lessons.

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. A destructive word to someone who is

down can be what it takes to kill him/her. 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. So from this day forward, think before you

speak.