A South American folktale from Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize-winning founder of Kenya's Greenbelt Movement:
There is a terrible forest fire. All the animals are fleeing the conflagration except Hummingbird, who is flying back and forth, scooping up little up little slivers of water from a spring and dumping them on the flames. "What do you think you're doing, stupid little bird?" the other animals ask derisively, and Hummingbird says, "I'm doing what I can."
As we enter the season of giving, it's good to remember that sometimes all it takes to make a difference is to try.
UPDATE: Thanks for Francesca for this link to a short video clip of Maathai telling the hummingbird story.
6 comments:
So true! it's hard to remember others sometimes when you're so involved in your own life. We all need reminders from time to time.
Wonderful story isn't it? The link below is a video of Wangari telling the story herself of the humming bird http://greenbeltmovement.org/blog/entry.php?id=53#comments
Enjoy!
Francesca
sorry that link didn't come out here it is again.
I love stories like that!
Did you get " it" back yet!?
francesca, thanks for the link. How wonderful!
JT -- I was just thinking of you! Haven't gotten it back yet. How long does it usually take?
How's kicks otherwise?
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