...there was a little girl who never followed rules. Every kind of instruction she was given, she would find some way to get out of following. When given a chore to do, she would find a reason why she was not able to perform it. "I don't know how to do it, show me!" "I want to do it this way, not the way you instructed." Whenever she was given homework, she always had an excuse why she couldn't finish it. "I have questions, so I couldn't do anything else until you answered them." "I was busy doing other things so now I need more time." At every opportunity, she either gave an excuse or came up with one ridiculous reason why she did not do what she was told to do. One day, her mother got so fed up with the girls disrespectful laziness, she packed her up and sent her to the orphanage. When she arrived, it did not phase her that she was no longer living in her own home. She made no friends and she made no impact on anyone except annoy them because of her laziness. Her parents didn't miss her, and she made no lasting positive impression on anyone in the orphanage. When she became of age to be released from the orphanage's care, she left. No one heard from her again. There was no fanfare or sadness. She just disappeared and life went on.
The End
The moral of the story: There is no lesson to learn, except that the best way to make an impact in life, is to do something. Do anything. It's best to do good things, positive things--things that make life better, easier, happier, for someone else. A life spent being lazy in your relationships, lazy in your mind or lazy in your attitude will leave little of you to be remembered and make it much easier for you to be forgettable.
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