Food for Thought

Earthfire

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Here are four worthy parables--for enjoyment and enlightenment:


Parable Number 1:
A crow was sitting on a tree doing nothing all day. A small rabbit
saw
the crow and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day
long?"
The crow answered, "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground
below the
crow and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit,
and
ate it.
Management Lesson: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be
sitting
very, very high up.

Parable Number 2:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get
to the
top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."
"Well,
why don't you nibble some of my droppings? They're packed with
nutrients,"
said the bull. The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it
actually
gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The
next day,
after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally,
after a
fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon
he was
promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Management
Lesson: **** might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Parable Number 3:
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the
bird
froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying
there, a cow
came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in
the pile
of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually
thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy and soon began to sing
for joy. A
passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following
the
sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung and
promptly dug him
out and ate him!
Management Lessons:
1) Not everyone who drops crap on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of crap is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep crap, keep your mouth shut!

Parable Number 4:
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went
along,
some people remarked, "It is a shame the old man is walking and the boy
was
riding." The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they
changed
positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame,
he makes
that little boy walk, " They decided they both would walk! Soon they
passed
some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a
decent
donkey to ride. So the both rode the donkey! Now they passed some
people that
shamed them saying how awful it was to put such a load on a poor
donkey. The boy
and man said they were probably right, so they decided to carry the
donkey. As
they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and it fell
into
the river and drowned.
Management Lesson: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually
lose
your ****.

Mad Dog

Some of the best advice I've heard in a long time

thanks. Mad Dog

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