Frogs In A Pit - Power Of Words A Beautiful Story

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and
two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs 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 pitwith all 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.
When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear
us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He
thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
This story teaches two lessons:
1. 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.
2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what
it takes to kill them.
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. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of
the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the
individual who will take the time to encourage another.