2 Stories

1.Turtles

A turtle family went on a picnic. The turtles, being naturally slow
about things, took seven years to prepare for their outings. Finally
the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place.

During the second year of their journey they found it. For about six
months, they cleaned up the area, unpacked the picnic basket and
completed the arrangements. Then they discovered they had forgotten the
salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After
a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the
salt from home. Although he was the fastest of the slow moving
turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He
agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat until he
returned.

The family consented and the little turtle left.

Three years passed and the little turtle had not returned. Five
years...six years...then in the seventh year of his absence, the oldest
turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he was
going to eat and began to unwrap a sandwich.

At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree
shouting, SEE I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get
the salt.

About the story

Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our
expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we
don't do anything ourselves.


2.Frogs

A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he could
use a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and asked the
man where he could get so many frog legs!

The farmer replied, There is a pond near my house that is full of
frogs-millions of them. They croak all during the night and are about
to drive me crazy!

So the restaurant and the farmer made an agreement that the farmer
would deliver frogs to the restaurant five hundred at a time for the
next several weeks.

The first week, the farmer returned to the restaurant looking rather
sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs. The restaurant owner said,
Well...where are all the frogs?

The farmer said, I was mistaken. There were only these two frogs in the
pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!

About the story

Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun of you,
remember it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also-remember that problems
always seem bigger in the dark. Have you ever laid in your bed at night
worrying about things which seem almost overwhelming-like a million
frogs croaking?

Chances are pretty good that when the morning comes, and you take a
closer look, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.