The Frogs

I'm sorry I haven't posted anything lately, but I've been busy talking to catechists, confirmation kids and assorted others over the past few days, I didn't have any time to write anything. But here is something I felt you may enjoy. It was sent to me by a friend this morning (thanks Julie!) and I found it charming.

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

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

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

The farmer returned to the restaurant a week later looking rather sheepish. He had with him with two scrawny little frogs. The restaurant owner asked him: 'Well? Where are all the frogs you promised me?'

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

Lesson: Next time you hear someone criticizing or making fun of you, remember, it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs with big mouths.

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 ... kinda 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.