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 neighbours 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. 1
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 neighbours 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. 1
CULTURE OF PEACE Days
One Day In Peace - January 1 Freedom Day - February 1
Women's Day - March 8 Earth Day - April 22
Diversity Day - May 21 Interfaith Day - June 22
CoOp Day - July 7* No-Nukes Day - August 6
Peace Day - September 21 End Hunger Day - October 16
Tolerance Day - November 16 Human Rights Day- December 10
One Day In Peace - January 1 Freedom Day - February 1
Women's Day - March 8 Earth Day - April 22
Diversity Day - May 21 Interfaith Day - June 22
CoOp Day - July 7* No-Nukes Day - August 6
Peace Day - September 21 End Hunger Day - October 16
Tolerance Day - November 16 Human Rights Day- December 10
I offer you peace. I offer you love.
I offer you friendship.
I see your beauty.
I hear your need.
I feel your feelings.
My wisdom flows from the Highest Source.
I salute that Source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love. 5
A successful relationship, whether friends or lovers,
is not built on givers and takers only,
but on people who also become sharers. 6
Giving connects two people,
the giver and the receiver,
and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging. 7
There is no such thing as a self-made person.
You will reach your goals only with the help of others. 8
I offer you friendship.
I see your beauty.
I hear your need.
I feel your feelings.
My wisdom flows from the Highest Source.
I salute that Source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love. 5
A successful relationship, whether friends or lovers,
is not built on givers and takers only,
but on people who also become sharers. 6
Giving connects two people,
the giver and the receiver,
and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging. 7
There is no such thing as a self-made person.
You will reach your goals only with the help of others. 8
Acknowledgements:
[1] A Mouse Story . . . ~Unknown
[2] ~Author Unknown
[3] ~Thomas Merton
[4] –The Art of Giving, from The Art of Living ~Wilfred A. Peterson
[5] ~Mohandas Gandhi
[6] ~Unknown
[7] ~Deepak Chopra
[8] ~George Shinn
Media: We Are The World
Based on a contribution by Ric Johnson
[1] A Mouse Story . . . ~Unknown
[2] ~Author Unknown
[3] ~Thomas Merton
[4] –The Art of Giving, from The Art of Living ~Wilfred A. Peterson
[5] ~Mohandas Gandhi
[6] ~Unknown
[7] ~Deepak Chopra
[8] ~George Shinn
Media: We Are The World
Based on a contribution by Ric Johnson
People are not going to remember you for what you did for yourself.
They are going to remember what you did for others. 2
The whole idea of compassion
is based on a keen awareness
of the interdependence of all
these living beings,
which are all part of one another,
and all involved in one another. 3
They are going to remember what you did for others. 2
The whole idea of compassion
is based on a keen awareness
of the interdependence of all
these living beings,
which are all part of one another,
and all involved in one another. 3
| We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: Love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the mind: Ideas, dreams, purposes, ideals, principles, plans, projects, poetry. We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the spirit: Prayer, vision, beauty, aspiration, peace, faith. We give of ourselves when we give the gift of words: Encouragement, inspiration, guidance. Emerson said it well: "Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself." 4 |
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