Sticking Together

A flock of wild geese had settled to rest on a pond. One of the flock had been captured by a gardener, who had clipped its wings before releasing it. When the geese started to resume their flight, this one tried frantically, but vainly, to lift itself into the air. The others, observing his struggles, flew about in obvious efforts to encourage him; but it was no use.

 

Thereupon, the entire flock settled back on the pond and waited, even though the urge to go on was strong within them. For several days they waited until the damaged feathers had grown sufficiently to permit the goose to fly.

 

Meanwhile, the unethical gardener, having been converted by the ethical geese, gladly watched them as they finally rose together and all resumed their long flight.

 

Struggles of a Butterfly

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly

One day a small opening appeared

He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours

It struggled to force its body through that little hole

Then it seemed to stop making any progress

It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could

And it could go no farther.

 

So the man decided to help the butterfly

He took a pair of scissors and snipped off

The remaining bit of the cocoon.

 

The butterfly then emerged easily, BUT,

It had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings

He continued to watch the butterfly

He expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge

And the body would contract

Neither happened!

In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling

Around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It was never able to fly.

 

The man acted with well-intentioned kindness

But he didn't understand the consequences.

The restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get

Through the tiny opening, were nature's way of forcing fluid

From the body of the butterfly once it achieved it's freedom

From the cocoon.

 

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.

If nature allowed us to go through life without any

Obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as we could have been

And we could never fly

Have a great day, great life, and struggle a little.

Then fly!

 

Reflections

"A son and his father were walking on the mountains.

Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain:"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

 

Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

 

And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!"

 

Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!"

 

He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?" The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."

 

Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

 

The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.  It gives you back everything  you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.

 

If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.  If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back everything you have given to it.

 

YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.

 

IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!