A man was walking along a forest footpath. He became very tired and lay down under a tree for a short nap. He started hearing bad words from the top of the tree. He saw a parrot there sitting and abusing him calling him stupid, useless fellow, etc. He felt very bad. So he got up and started walking again.
Soon he came to an Ashram. He thought he could go in and find some rest. A Sadhu lived in the Ashram. As soon as the man entered the Sadhu’s house, a parrot perched on a pole said, “Welcome. Come in and take some rest.” The parrot continued to speak very politely and lovingly. The man was surprised. He told the Sadhu about the bad parrot he encountered.
The Sadhu explained the whole story. A hunter once found two baby parrots in a hole in a tree trunk. He gave one to the Sadhu and took the other one to his home. The parrot brought up by the Sadhu listened to clean and polite language spoken by the Sadhu the whole day and learned to speak alike. Whereas the parrot brought up by the hunter heard foul language spoken by the hunter and his family and picked up bad words.
We are what our friends are. If we are with good friends we learn good language and manners. But if we run with bad friends we also turn bad. So avoid bad friends.
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
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A man was walking along a forest footpath. He became very tired and lay down under a tree for a short nap. He started hearing bad words from the top of the tree. He saw a parrot there sitting and abusing him calling him stupid, useless fellow, etc. He felt very bad. So he got up and started walking again.
Soon he came to an Ashram. He thought he could go in and find some rest. A Sadhu lived in the Ashram. As soon as the man entered the Sadhu’s house, a parrot perched on a pole said, “Welcome. Come in and take some rest.” The parrot continued to speak very politely and lovingly. The man was surprised. He told the Sadhu about the bad parrot he encountered.
The Sadhu explained the whole story. A hunter once found two baby parrots in a hole in a tree trunk. He gave one to the Sadhu and took the other one to his home. The parrot brought up by the Sadhu listened to clean and polite language spoken by the Sadhu the whole day and learned to speak alike. Whereas the parrot brought up by the hunter heard foul language spoken by the hunter and his family and picked up bad words.
We are what our friends are. If we are with good friends we learn good language and manners. But if we run with bad friends we also turn bad. So avoid bad friends.
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, Mob:8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
