An email from Nelly Villafuerte: Lesson of the goldfish Richard L. Dunagin of Denton, Texas, writing in Leadership Journal, said that his children won four free goldfish at the school carnival, necessitating a Saturday morning family outing to find an aquarium. The first several they found were too expensive, but then he spotted a used one right in the middle of the aisle: A discarded ten-gallon tank complete with gravel and filter. It was five dollars. “Of course, it was nasty dirty, but the savings made the two hours of cleanup a breeze. Those four new fish looked great in their new home, at least for the first day. But by Sunday one had died. Too bad, but three remained. Monday morning revealed a second casualty, and by Monday night a third goldfish had gone belly up. “We called in an expert, a member of our church who had a 30-gallon tank. It didn’t take him long to discover the problem: I had washed the tank with soap, an absolute no-no. My uninformed efforts had destroyed the very lives I was trying to protect. “Sometimes in our zeal to clean up our own lives or the lives of others, we unfortunately use “killer soaps” – condemnation, criticism, nagging, fits of temper. We think we’re doing right, but our harsh self-righteous treatment is more than they can bear.” Reference: Stories, Illustrations & Quotes by Robert J. Morgan
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:09:42 +0000
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