If A Man Lacks Courage... - A Story

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Sairam dear Frenz,

 

A lovely 'courageous' story..

 

 

If A Man Lacks Courage...

 

It can be truthfully said that courage isn't the only quality

necessary for success in the world, but it can also be truthfully said that if

a man possesses all other qualities and lacks courage, he cannot succeed.

 

There is an old tale about Satan walking in the Street of Life, sulking in

the shadows with his hunting dogs, the little imps of human weakness.

 

A man, Albert, came walking down the streets; Satan said to a little

imp, scowling with a bitter face: "Go, get him for me!"

 

Quickly the imp crossed the street, silently and lightly hopped to

the man's shoulders. In his ear he whispered, "You are discouraged." "No,

said the man, "I am not discouraged." "You are discouraged!" insisted the

imp. This time the man replied, "I do not think I am." Louder and more

decidedly, the little imp repeated, "I tell you, you are discouraged!" Albert

dropped his head and murmured: "Well, I suppose I am." The little imp darted

back to Satan, and said proudly: "I've got him; he's discouraged."

 

Another man, Carlson, passed. Again old Satan said: "Get him for

me!"

 

The proud little demon of discouragement repeated his tactics. The

first time he said, "You are discouraged." The man replied,

emphatically, "No." The second time Carlson replied,

"I tell you I am not discouraged!"

The third time he said to the imp, "You lie! I am not discouraged!"

And Carlson walked down the street, his head erect, going straight

toward the light.

 

The imp of discouragement returned to his master, crestfallen, "I

couldn't get him," he reported. "Three times I told him he was discouraged.

The third time, he called me a liar, and that really discouraged me!"

 

Courtesy of Pravsworld

 

Sairam,

Swetha