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A little boy got angry with his mother and shouted at her, "I hate you, I hate you".
Because of fear of reprimand, he ran out of the house.
He went up to the valley and shouted, "I hate you, I hate you", and back came the echo, "I hate you, I hate you".
This was the first time in his life he had heard an echo. He got scared, went to his mother for protection and said there was a bad boy in the valley who shouted, "I hate you, I hate you".
The mother understood, and she asked her son to go back and shout, "I love you, I love you".
The little boy went and shouted, "I love you, I love you", and back came the echo.
That taught the little boy a lesson, that our life is like an echo:
We get back what we give.
This demonstrates two simple but profound truths. The power of the spoken word and the doctrine of "What we sow. We reap".
It's amazing how the twists and turns of life make it so easy to forget these basic principals.
Remember however, that our rewards don't usually come back as quick as an echo, they will come back, but nearly always in a different season.
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