Our Expectations
A turtle family went on a picnic. The turtles, being naturally slow about things, took seven years to prepare for their outings. Finally the Turtle family left home looking for a suitable place. During the second year of their journey they found it. For about six months they cleaned up the area, unpacked the picnic basket, and completed the arrangements.
Then they discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home. Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in his shell.
He agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat until he returned. The family consented and the little turtle left. Three years passed and the little turtle had not returned. Five years, Six years... Then in the seventh year of his absence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he was going to eat and began to unwrap a sandwich. At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree shouting, "SEE I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt."
Lesson Learned:
Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we don't do anything ourselves.
lol funny story but good moral of the story
Here is one from me:
A Little Mouse Story
A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover that it was a mouse trap.
Retreating to the farmyard the mouse proclaimed the warning: "There is a mouse trap in the house, a mouse trap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Excuse me, 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 mouse trap in the house, a mouse trap in the house!"
"I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse," sympathized the pig, "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, "You say, Mr. Mouse. A mouse trap? Like I am in grave danger....NOT!"
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap 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. 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.
His wife's sickness continued so that 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 and a few days later she passed away. So many people came for her funeral, that the farmer had the cow slaughtered, to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we all may be at risk.
We are all one family on this planet Earth!
wow that is a great story. i like how all these stories that you post have great morals to them. did you make this one your self??
Not at all!!!!.. These are just nice reads which has been pre-made by some one .. I post what i like to read at Internet. Just want to share those things with you people here. Also its just like a message to give to all people over the Planet Earth. So distribute it as much as you can
hey well i like it and i will try and post these different places. thanks for posting them i really like reading them if you have anymore please post them!!
The Carpenter
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer- contractor of his plans to leave the house- building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work the employer came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter.
This is your house, he said, my gift to you.
The carpenter was shocked! What a shame!
If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then with a shock we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we'd do it much differently. But we cannot go back.
You are the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Life is a do-it-yourself project, someone has said. Your attitudes and the choices you make today, build the house you live in tomorrow. Build wisely!
Once upon a time,
there was a teacher and his student
lying down under a big tree near a big grass area.
Then, suddenly, the student asked the teacher,
Student: Teacher, I'm confused, how can we find our soulmate?
Can you please help me?
Teacher: (Silent for few seconds, then he answered)
Well, it's a pretty hard and easy question.
Student: (Thinking hard) Huh???
Teacher: Look on that way, there are a lot of grass there, why don't you walk there but please never walk backward,
just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a beautiful grass and pick it up then give it to me.
But just ONE grass.
Student: Well, ok then... wait for me...
(walked straight ahead to the grass field).
A few minutes later... Student: I'm back.
Teacher: Well I don't see any beautiful grass on your hand.
Student: On my journey, I found few beautiful grass, but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didn't pick it up.
But I didn't realize that I'm at the end of the field,
and I hadn't picked up any. Cause you told me not to go back, so I didn't go back.
Teacher: That's what happens in real life.
What is the message of this story?
In looking for your soulmate, please don't
always compare and Hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you'll waste your lifetime, coz remember
"Time Never Goes Back".
It applies the same in finding your ideal life partner,
your suitable career or business, therefore the morale is.
LOVE & GRAB HOLD of the opportunity that you have.
Don't waste time now
GO & GET IT
I like all of those stories especially the one about the mouse! I quite like the first one as well
nice stories dudes!i particularly liked the last once, ill post any stories i find here. TC