The Irony to A Simple Story

The Irony to A Simple Story

A mouse looked through the crack

in the wall to see the farmer

and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain?"

the mouse wondered - - -
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!

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 you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to the cow and said,

"There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!"

The cow 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 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.

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.

So many people came for her funeral,

the farmer had the cow slaughtered to

provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his

crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is

facing a problem and think it doesn't

concern you, remember ----

when one of us is threatened,

we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this 

journey called life.

We must keep an eye out for

one another and make an extra effort

to encourage one another.

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO

HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT

AND LET THEM KNOW HOW 

IMPORTANT THEY ARE.



REMEMBER. . . . . .
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;

OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER

FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto

in this world is a FRIEND.

Albert Einstein's remark on God

Received the following from Anthony:


There are gods and there is God.

The notion of gods exists in all cultures and societies. They are but personification of the natural forces we have to deal with in order to survive. The forces could be external, e.g. wind, thunder, etc., or they
could be internal, i.e. psychic.

The notion of God is a different animal. It is a belief of the three monotheistic religions, i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. One characteristic of this belief is the motto 'Mine is the only truth' or more crudely, my way or the highway.

The Vedic and Hindu religious culture of India also had their notion of  God, but that is another story.

What is interesting is that the Chinese never developed this anthropomorphic notion of God. We were quite happy to keep it open and abstract and simply call it Tao. The drawback to this is that in time of  crisis, we don't have someone upstairs to give us comfort.

Maybe that is why Einstein said belief in God is childish. But in terms of spiritual development, the human race is indeed childish. So in a sense we get the beliefs that we deserve.

Nietzsche once said, "God is dead", but God said, "Nietzsche is dead".

Einstein said, "God is childish", but God said, "Einstein is childish".

So you see, God always has the last word.

THIS SAYS IT ALL!

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THIS SAYS IT ALL:

Time passes

Life happens.

Distance separates.

Children grow up

Jobs come and go.

Love waxes and wanes.

Men don't do what they're supposed to do .

Hearts break.

Parents die.

Colleagues forget favors.

Careers end.

 BUT.........

Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you.

A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. 

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the v alley's end.

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.

 Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,  Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life! 

The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I.

When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead.

Nor did we know how much we would need each other.

Every day, we need each other still.

Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful.

I just did.

Short and very sweet: 

There are more than twenty angels in this world.

Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds.

Nine are playing.

And one  is reading her email at this moment.

Send this message to ten of your friends including me.

Have a nice day...