And so you thought other people's problem and dilemma shouldn't be of your concern, think again! Let this mousetrap story tell you why should you bother and give others the attention they deserve ...
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; in fact, 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.
To Your Success!
