An old man saw a
scorpion drowning and decided to pull it out from the water. He calmly extended
his hand to reach the creature: when he did, the scorpion stung him.
With the effect of
the pain, the old man let go the creature and it fell back into the water. The
man, realizing that the scorpion was drowning again, got back and tried to
rescue it but then again, it stung him.
He let go of it
again... A young boy standing by, approached the old man and said, "
excuse me sir, you are going to hurt yourself trying to save the evil-vicious
creature: why do you insist?
Don't you realize
that each time you try to help the scorpion, it stings you? The man replied,
"The nature of the scorpion is to sting and mine is to help." He will
not change in helping the scorpion.
The man thought for
a while and used a leaf from a nearby tree to pull the scorpion out from the
water and saved it's life... Then, turning to the little boy:
Let your conscience
be your guide in whatever you do... When life presents you with a thousand
reasons to cry, show it that you have a thousand reasons or more to smile. More
importantly, always be the reason for that precious smile!!!
Signature: d'prince
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