Mouse 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.


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

 

cool little story...

Ryan

 

Ryan,
Thanks for the encouraging reply.

BTW, I love that signature. Sometime try just pulling off one wing and watch em buzz in circles.

 

Thanks. Whatever I can do to get people down there is what I aim to do.

Ryan

 

Thank you for this story. I know my son wont get it but I would like to send him a copy of this to his E-mail. He's allways saying " what can I do about it".

 

Food for thought, Tim...thanks!



I'm somehow reminded of occasions when a teen might proclaim, "It's my life, I can do whatever I want with it!"

The answer to this might be something like, "No, it's not just your life, it's the life of everyone who has put time, energy and love into you. It's the life of your mother and father, teachers and mentors, everyone who has worked to make you all that you are, and all that you can be!"

(Hmm, don't know exactly why I went off on that little tangent...)

 

Yeah, kinda makes you review the 'loner' ethic.

Thanks Tim

 

Cool story for sure. Makes a guy think if you have ever not helped a mouse out before.

 

Exactly prep. And if you ever hadn't, will you make it a point to help that mouse in the future, if you still can?
At least awareness of this will keep us from making the same mistake in other situations, with other mice... I'm rambling.
Anyway, yeah, I think that is a very thought provoking story. I can't take credit for writing it, but only for posting it. I'm glad others found it as interesting as I. There are alot of situations that this could apply to, as it is dynamic and metaphorical. But the one I am applying it to today, is one that causes me grief, pain and hope. Grief and pain, as I have missed opportunities to take action where I may have been able to make a difference. Hope, since there is time to make a difference in the future, as I am a person who cares enough to try... Now that I have awareness...
Here I go rambling again.

 

solidarity
did the snake eat the mouse?