Tuesday, November 3, 2020

It Takes Courage

 


Author Unknown

It takes courage
To refrain from gossip
When others delight in it,


To stand up for the absent person
Who is being abused.


It takes courage
To live honestly
Within your means,

And not dishonestly
On the means of others.


It takes courage
To be a REAL man or a TRUE woman,

To hold fast to your ideals
When it causes you
To be looked upon
As strange and peculiar.


It takes courage
To be talked about,

And remain silent,
When a word would justify you
In the eyes of others,

But which you dare not speak
Because it would injure another.


It takes courage
To refuse to do something
That is wrong
Although everyone else
May be doing it
With attitudes as carefree
As a summer song.


It takes courage
To live according
To your own convictions,
To deny yourself
What you cannot afford.
To love your neighbor
As yourself!





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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Moral of the story, do not support evil.



Long time ago in the Animal Kingdom, a sheep was passing and saw a lion crying inside a cage trap; and the lion begged the sheep to save him with a promise not to kill and eat it. The sheep refused*.
After much persuasion and for the sheep's gullibility it opened the cage.
The lion got out. He was very hungry, having stayed in the cage for days without food.
The lion quickly grabbed the sheep to kill and eat, but the sheep reminded him of his promise.
They were still there arguing when other animals came passing by. They sought to know what happened.
*Both the lion and the sheep narrated their own side of the story; but because of fear and in trying to gain favour in the sight of the lion, all the animals took side with the lion except the tortoise who claimed not to understand the whole scenario*.
The tortoise asked the lion to show them where he was before the sheep rescued him. The lion pointed at the cage.
He asked again, "were you inside or outside when the sheep arrived"? The lion said he was inside.
The tortoise again said "OK! Just enter. Let us see how difficult it could have been for you to be inside".
The lion entered and the tortoise locked the cage with the lion back inside.
*In amazement the other animals asked tortoise "Why?" and he replied by saying "If we allow him eat the sheep today, he will still go hungry tomorrow and we don't know who amongst us will be next to be eaten tomorrow*.
Do not support evil today because it doesn't affect you directly or because it was done by your favorite relative or politicians. Tomorrow it could affect you and it could be your turn to be hurt.



THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR