One good turn deserves another
There was a story in Aesop’s fables about the lion and the mouse. Reading this classic story to my little daughters enlightened us all.

A strong lion lay sleeping under a shady tree when a tiny mouse awaked him. The lion swiftly grabbed the little mouse with his giant paw and held him very tight. “Please, great lion,” the mouse begged, “please let me go this one time and someday I’ll help you.”
The lion laughed to think that a teeny mouse could ever help a great king like himself, but in a moment of compassion, he let him go. “I won’t ever forget your kindness, sir,” the mouse said.

Months turned into years and the lion soon forgot about the promise from the mouse.

In the jungle one morning, some hunters set a net under some leaves and it wasn’t long before the mighty lion came wandering down the path not suspecting anything. The net caught the lion and his roar rang through the forest for someone to help him. The once forgotten, little mouse heard the lions cry’s and went off immediately to help him. “I’m here, dear lion, I’ve come to set you free,” the mouse exclaimed.

With his sharp tiny teeth the mouse gnawed through the ropes, saved the lion and the lion escaped.

The moral of the story is one good turn deserves another. I think of the verse in the Bible, “Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.”

Aesop was a Greek philosopher, full of wisdom. And much of his wisdom is verified by Biblical truths. Wisdom is wisdom, whether it is told in children’s stories, the weighty toms of philosophers or parables in the Bible. To gain wisdom is of the utmost importance.

I have learned to not hesitate to be good, kind, and courteous to others. It will always come back to us. One can never tell when, yet it surely will.

Never underestimate the power of your benevolent actions. With one small gesture you can help to change yours or some other person’s life. Remember the saying, “I shall pass through this world only once. If therefore there’s any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it.”

When someone does a caring deed for me I cherish it and I will forever remember his or her gentleness and kindness.

God will remember it forever, too.
Have a blessed day!
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