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Posted: December 5, 2005, 3:30 PM
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The Mouse
A Mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. "What food might this contain?"
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." 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 that you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow. She 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 that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a Fever.
Now 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; And so many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
So next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it doesn't concern you, remember that when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
In the book of Genesis,
Cain said about Able his brother to our God:
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and be willing to make that extra effort to encourage one another.
SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE!
Nobody makes the journey alone.
Jeff
Agreed
GREAT POST
very...buddha like...lolol
Hugs,
Ali
very...buddha like...lolol
Hugs,
Ali
Sean-I thought it was a nice post and it does make perfect sense amoungst people who have sense.You are dealing with a lot of raw emotions here.F2F meetings even have their versions of civil disturbances,they ususally have a leader that night whose job is to keep it from getting out of control.The other sites Ive been to , I have seen the same sh*t going on.They may get locked down faster because of more moderators,but they exist.On one particular site the moderators got into the biggest cat fight Ive ever seen.Some apologized,some left.
What I find is that most people dont want you to disagree with them.Those become "Fighting words" and then the drama ensues.Then there are few who find it necessary to change their pseudonyms on a weekly basis and then wonder why no one believes them or that their little game gets busted.
People leave,people come back.There still seems to be more good stuff happening than bad.
For example;this thread.
What I find is that most people dont want you to disagree with them.Those become "Fighting words" and then the drama ensues.Then there are few who find it necessary to change their pseudonyms on a weekly basis and then wonder why no one believes them or that their little game gets busted.
People leave,people come back.There still seems to be more good stuff happening than bad.
For example;this thread.
AS THE STOMACH CHURNS SO ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES(ADDICTIONS)
