First of all, I’d like to thank you for checking out my very
first blog post. God bless you abundantly.
My thought for today is on one of the many questions I’ve
had to ask myself sometimes, especially when I’ve just been hurt by someone
close and it is, WHY BE NICE/GOOD? Here’s a story that helps me answer this
rhetorical question of mine.
THE DOVE AND THE ANT
‘A thirsty ant went to a brook to get a drink. He climbed onto the edge
of a blade of grass overhanging the pond, but the surface was too shiny and wet
that he lost his balance and fell into the water. A dove sitting in a nearby
tree saw the drowning ant decided to help him. He could have decided to eat the
ant but yelled at the ant instead heeding him to climb atop a leaf he dropped
in the water the ant was about fall into.
Plucking the leaf from the tree, the dove fluttered just above the ant
and then dropped it. The ant scrambled onto the leaf and floated safely to the
stream bank.
Just then, a hunter jumped out of the woods with a bow and arrow to
shoot the dove. The quick-thinking ant scurried over to the hunter just as he
was drawing his bow and bit him on the foot. The hunter yelled in the pain,
causing him to misfire. The arrow whizzed by the dove, which quickly flew away
to safety.’
Culled from the David Noonan’s Aesop and the CEO.
As the first child of my parents, one of
the qualities I learn from both is how and why I should always be nice,
forget past hurt and
just let go. My mum would say be nice to everybody you meet, you might
meet
them sooner or later. My mum has a good heart and I’d love to be like
her
someday. Even when people get her really mad, it has never stopped her
from
helping the same people or others. The people you are nice to today can
be
regarded as seeds of time. One ‘nice good’ seed you plant will
definitely grow.
It might be immediate or delayed, whichever, it will surely grow and
you’d reap
the harvest.
Now, it’s possible that not everyone can be or wants to be
nice especially when it doesn’t or won’t yield reward but the funny thing is
you never know. With this I'd like to give out my widow's mite (two kobo) actually. hehehe
Whatever situation it is that you
are experiencing, an unappreciative boss, uncooperative staff or team workers, lost a contract, a heartbreak, lost a
job, death of loved one(s), betrayal or
whatever it is that is making you feel less about yourself and turning to you
every shade of grumpy, you know what, look that challenge in the eye and face
it head on. I strongly believe in this popular Latin phrase, ‘post
tenebras spero lucem’ which means ‘after darkness, hope for light. The best can only get better than
good. Realize that someone out there is experiencing worse. Don’t stop being
good or nice, not even for a second. Keep
that beautiful smile up and watch your life transform from the dark, gloomy phase
into THE LIGHT.
NEVER STOP PLANTING
THAT NICE GOOD SEED.
Pls read, share and post your comments, I’d be glad to know your
thoughts on this, thanks a lot. Love you
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