Have concern for others' problems

[Guest guest]

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. "

 

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.But wish you

well; be assured you are in my prayers " 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; OUR LIVES

ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

 

One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend.