An old man saw a scorpion
drowning and decided to pull it
out from the water. He calmly
puts
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 old man
realising that the scorpion was
drowning again, got back and
tried to rescue it but then again it
stung him. He let go 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 realise 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”. It will not change in
helping the scorpion.
So the man thought for a while
and used a leaf from a nearby
tree and pulled the scorpion out
from
the water and saved it’s life…
Then turning to the young boy,
he
said…
“Do not change your nature. If
someone hurts you, just take
precautions;
Some pursue happiness while
others create it…
Let your conscience be your guide
in
whatever you do…
When life presents you with a
hundred reasons to cry, show it
that you have a thousand and
more
reasons to smile….
More importantly, always be the
reason for that precious
SMILE!