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; 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. Each of us is a vital thread in another person's tapestry.
Today is a new day with new opportunities. I hope you take advantage of all the good that comes your way and have a fabulous day! Happy Trails Friend
Hello My Dear Friend ***Happy Caturday*** Wishing You And Yours A Fantastic Weekend With Lots Of Fun And Laughter... I Will Return Next Weekend With Love, Silver Dreams~
Know that to find comfort, relax into the arms of Spirit. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The Crying Woman of Manitou Falls
I would like to share with you is a story about a waterfall that cries. This falls was called Manitou Falls, and the word manitou in Ojibwe means spirit, so when translated to english, it means “spirit falls.” She told me that the people who lived by the falls said they heard a woman crying, and she would cry and cry every night. My Grandmother said
They used to see a picture, like a shadow of a woman in the falls, in the mist, and she was crying and they never knew why, why this woman was crying.
So the woman they saw was actually the falls, or the spirit of the falls, within the mist of the water. Like my Grandmother said, the reason this woman was so sad and crying every night was unknown. Then one day, these other people came and built a dam where Manitou Falls once lives, and Manitou Falls disappeared.
Manitou, the woman whose cries echoed throughout the forest, the misty shadow the people saw within the falling water, and whose tears fell into her flowing river, was never heard from again after the dam was put up. Maybe once in a while, I hope, she returns to her waters, or where her water used to be. This story reminds me of how important nature is. I always end up thinking twice when I’m walking among the trees or near the water, thinking maybe a spirit lives here too, and I am merely a lucky visitor who gets to walk alongside them in their home.
Today's affirmation: I see the miracle in all of life. I am thankful for all creation.
Be open to receive. Love and Blessings
Good morning. May this day come with all the love your heart can hold and bring you every success you desire. May each of your footsteps bring joy to the earth and yourself. I wish you a magical day and a wonderful life ahead.
The man at the market
When the supermarket clerk tallied up my groceries, it was $12 over what I had on me. I began to remove items from the bags when another shopper handed me a $20 bill. “Please don’t put yourself out,” I told him. “Let me tell you a story,” he said. “My mother is in the hospital with cancer. I visit her every day and bring her flowers. I went this morning, and she got mad at me for spending my money on more flowers. She demanded that I do something else with that money. So, here, please accept this. It is my mother’s flowers.” —Leslie Wagner, Peel, Arkansas
DEAR FATHER GOD, "IT'S FRIDAY." YOU WOKE ME UP THS MORNING AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU! COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR BURDENS. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR. BLESSINGS, PEACE, LOVE AND LIGHT.
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