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🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳 🪳🪳 *The Cockroach's Choice!* 🪳🪳 🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳 *Three* 3️⃣ hungry cockroaches 🪳 came to a farmer 👨🏻‍🌾 and asked him for food 🧇. He willingly offered 🫴🏻 them some bread 🥪 and some cheese. They ate to satisfaction and saved food to take home 🏠 to their families. Upon leaving, the farmer 👨🏻‍🌾 told them, *"Listen cockroaches 🪳, instead of begging for food 🧇 as you always do, why don't I offer 🫴🏻 you a job in my farm? We offer good pay 💰, food, and protection for your families."* The cockroaches 🪳 asked, *"What work do we have to do, and how much salary 💸 do we get?"* The farmer 👨🏻‍🌾 answered, *"There are four 4️⃣ positions available in my farm, with each having a different pay 💸. It's up to you to choose which of them you prefer! The worker whose job is to inform my chickens 🐥 that food is ready gets paid $3,000 every month 🗓️. The worker whose job is to peel and slice my garlic 🧄 gets $5,000 monthly. The worker whose job is to chase pesky lizards 🦎out of the farm gets $4,000 every month 🗓️. And lastly, the worker whose job is to sing 👩‍🎤 and dance 🕺for my goats gets only $250 monthly 🗓️. You can make your choice now!"* The first cockroach 🪳 exclaimed, *"I choose the $5,000 job! I want to peel and slice your garlic 🧄!"* The second cockroach 🪳 chorused, *"I want the $4,000 job! Let me chase the pesky lizards 🦎 out of the farm!* The third cockroach 🪳 thought for a long moment ⏳, then said surprisingly, *"I would prefer the $250 job! I want to sing 🎶 and dance for your goats 🐐🐐!"* For a moment, the two other cockroaches glared 👀 at her and thought she was very dumb. *"How could she have chosen the lowest paying job in the farm? Is she that silly 😜 and unreasonable?"* they thought 💭 within themselves. The following morning 🌅, the three cockroaches 🪳 arrived for their first day of work. However, as they began their duties, the first and the second cockroaches 🪳🪳 died all of a sudden. The curious farmer 👨🏻‍🌾 then called the third cockroach 🪳 and asked, *"Tell me, why did you choose the lowest paying job?"* She took a deep breath and answered, *"Firstly, chickens 🐥 favourite food is cockroaches - why would I choose a job where I have to go close to chickens 🐥? Secondly, the pungent smell of garlic 🧄 can quickly kill a cockroach - why would I choose a job where I have to peel and slice garlic 🧄? Thirdly, lizards 🦎 love to snack and prey on cockroaches- why would I choose a job where I have to chase lizards 🦎 out of the farm? It's not about the money at all, it's about putting my life into consideration."* 💫 *Lesson To Learn:* 💫 💁🏻‍♀️ Be careful of the deals you accept from people. Don't jump into every *offer*🫴🏻 made to you. Don't be so blinded 🤑 by money and material things that you refuse to pause and carefully consider the ramifications before taking a decision. *Be WISE!*

*Kahlil Gibran “On Fear 😰”* It is said that before entering the sea 🌊 A river 🚣 trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled 🚣‍♂️, From the peaks of the mountains 🏔️, The long winding road crossing forests 🌳 and villages. And in front of her, She sees an ocean 🌊 so vast, That to enter, there seems nothing more than to disappear 🫠 forever. But there is no other way 😭. The river cannot go back 🔙. Nobody can go back 🔙. To go back is impossible in existence 😔. The river needs to take the risk Of entering the ocean 🌊 Because only then will fear 😨 disappear, Because that’s where the river will know It’s not about disappearing into the ocean 🌊, But of becoming the ocean 🌊. ~ Kahlil Gibran