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A friend shared this story, and I think it’s perfect for illustrating why we are all isolating at the moment - love this!!!
A point to ponder
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall
to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
“What food might this contain?” the mouse
wondered. He was devastated to discover it
was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse
proclaimed the warning: “There is a
mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap
in the house!”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her
head and said “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a
grave concern to you, but it is of no
consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by
it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him
“There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!” The pig
sympathized, but said “I am so very sorry, Mr.
Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it
but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow and said “There
is a mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!” The cow said “Wow,
Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off
my nose.”
So, the mouse returned to the house, head
down and dejected, to face the farmer’s
mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout
the house – like the sound of a mousetrap
catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to
see what was caught. In the darkness, she did
not see it was a venomous snake whose tail
the trap had caught. The snake bit the
farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the
hospital and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh
chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to
the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.
But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends
and neighbors came to sit with her around the
clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the
pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well; she
died. So many! people came for her funeral,
the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide
enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in
the wall with great sadness. So, the next time
you hear someone is facing a problem and
think it doesn’t concern you, remember: when
one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We
are all involved in this journey called life..
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The Post has been diving into our daily habits, and research suggests being an early bird or a night owl isn’t just a choice—it’s biology! We all have that specific time when our brains finally "click" into gear.
This raises a big question for the modern workplace. To get the best out of everyone, should employers accommodate our natural body clocks? This idea is at the heart of the four-day work week and flexible scheduling movements.
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1. When does your brain "click" into gear?
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