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The late king of my community had ten wild dogs. He used them to torture and eat any of his servants who made a mistake. One of the servants gave an opinion which was wrong, and the king didn’t like it at all. So he ordered that the servant be thrown to the dogs.
The servant said, “I served you for ten years, and you do this to me? Please give me ten days before throwing me to those dogs!”
The king agreed.
In those ten days, the servant went to the guard who looks after the dogs and told him he would like to serve the dogs for the next ten days. The guard was baffled but agreed, and the servant started feeding the dogs, cleaning for them, bathing them, and providing all sorts of comfort for them. When the ten days were over, the king ordered that the servant be thrown to the dogs for his punishment. When he was thrown in, we were all amazed to see the ravenous dogs only licking the feet of the servant!
The king, baffled at what he was seeing, said, ”What has happened to my dogs?”
The servant replied, "I served the dogs for only ten days, and they didn’t forget my service. Yet I served you for a whole ten years and you forgot all, at my first mistake!"
The king realised his mistake and ordered the servant to be set free. This post is a message to all those who forget the good things a person did for them as soon as the person makes a mistake towards them. Don’t put out the history that is filled with good because of a mistake you don’t like.
Hope I made sense? Happy Sunday
Pls read, there is a lesson to learn. A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding hall of a big airport. As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time and also bought a packet of cookies, then sat down in an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace.
Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his
magazine and started reading. When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated
but said nothing. She just thought “What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch him for daring!” For each cookie she took, the man took one too.
This was infuriating her but she didn't want to cause a scene. When only one cookie remained, she thought:
“Ah... what would this abusive man do now?” Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half,
giving her one half. What! That was too much! She was much too angry now!
In a huff, she insulted the man, took her book, her things and stormed to the boarding place. When she
sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her bag to take her eye glasses, and, to her
surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched, unopened! She felt so ashamed! She realized that she
was wrong. She had forgotten that her cookies were in her bag.
The man had shared his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter, while she had been very angry, thinking that she was sharing her cookies with him. And now there was no chance to explain herself... nor to apologize.
In life, there are 4 things that you cannot recover…
1. The cake… after it's eaten!
2. The word... after it’s been said!
3. The opportunity... after it's loss!
4. The time… after it’s gone!
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