Inspirational Story
The Hummingbird
Author Unknown
Once, long ago, there was a young boy who lived in a distant land called Tandow. He was a cheerful young man with not much care about the world. He had a special friend, the little blue hummingbird. This little boy didn't have a lot of great friends, thus, the little bird and the boy were inseparable friends.
The boy loved the little hummingbird, so he built him a home. The bird also loved the boy and would follow him wherever he would go. As time went by their love grew and grew.
Then one day the young boy met a pretty young girl in school. The girl had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cute little smile. This was about the time of the biggest dance of the year.
All the boy could think about was how he would love to take the girl to the dance. He gathered his courage all day and at the end of school confronted the girl and asked her to go with him to the dance.
This young girl was very popular and felt she did not want to be seen with the boy who cared for her so, but she did not want to hurt his feelings and so she figured out a way to avoid saying no or yes. She told the boy if he brought her a red rose she would allow him to escort her to the dance. The saying hurt the little boy because he knew that in the land of Tandow there had never been a red rose. In fact, the only roses in the land of Tandow were white.
On the way home, the boy kept mumbling to himself why couldn't she have asked for a white rose. There were hundreds of them in his front yard. Feeling sorry for himself, the boy didn't even notice his friend the hummingbird fluttering above him. Because the bird loved him so, he could tell instantly the boy was troubled. The bird hovered closer as the boy mumbled on home. Now the bird knew why the boy was so troubled.
The bird could not rest all the night long. It pondered all night, a solution to the boy's problem. Finally as the sun began to rise, the bird got an answer of how to help his best friend to get a red rose. The little hummingbird flew to a rose bush and searched for a large rose with a stem bearing thorns directly above it. Now the bird chose a thorn and with all the power in his wings cast his small body against the sharp thorn. The thorn entered with great pain, as the tear drops of blood fell upon the white petals of the rose, it began to turn blood red.
Now as the boy was ready for school, as he left the house, he saw a red rose. He could hardly believe it. He ran to the bush and plucked the red rose. In his excitement he failed to notice the lifeless little body that lay below the bush in a puddle of blood.
Happy as he could be, he began with his red rose on his way to school. Before he got there, some other boys playing football in a field called to him and asked him to come and play. His first thought was a no as he had something more important to do. However, they begged him and said they really needed him to even the teams. He looked at the rose, then them, then back at the rose. He said to himself. Awh!!! she didn't really want to go with me anyway. So, throwing the rose down, the boy went and played football.
In case you haven't already figured out the basis of the story,
1. The boy is each of us.
2. The hummingbird, signifies God / Our Holy Mother, is willing to love us from beginning to the enternity.
3. The girl is eternal life. The boy discover from his human nature.
4. The rose is ultimate sacrifice achieved through the death.
5. The football game is the worldly things we sometimes feel are so important
Once, long ago, there was a young boy who lived in a distant land called Tandow. He was a cheerful young man with not much care about the world. He had a special friend, the little blue hummingbird. This little boy didn't have a lot of great friends, thus, the little bird and the boy were inseparable friends.
The boy loved the little hummingbird, so he built him a home. The bird also loved the boy and would follow him wherever he would go. As time went by their love grew and grew.
Then one day the young boy met a pretty young girl in school. The girl had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cute little smile. This was about the time of the biggest dance of the year.
All the boy could think about was how he would love to take the girl to the dance. He gathered his courage all day and at the end of school confronted the girl and asked her to go with him to the dance.
This young girl was very popular and felt she did not want to be seen with the boy who cared for her so, but she did not want to hurt his feelings and so she figured out a way to avoid saying no or yes. She told the boy if he brought her a red rose she would allow him to escort her to the dance. The saying hurt the little boy because he knew that in the land of Tandow there had never been a red rose. In fact, the only roses in the land of Tandow were white.
On the way home, the boy kept mumbling to himself why couldn't she have asked for a white rose. There were hundreds of them in his front yard. Feeling sorry for himself, the boy didn't even notice his friend the hummingbird fluttering above him. Because the bird loved him so, he could tell instantly the boy was troubled. The bird hovered closer as the boy mumbled on home. Now the bird knew why the boy was so troubled.
The bird could not rest all the night long. It pondered all night, a solution to the boy's problem. Finally as the sun began to rise, the bird got an answer of how to help his best friend to get a red rose. The little hummingbird flew to a rose bush and searched for a large rose with a stem bearing thorns directly above it. Now the bird chose a thorn and with all the power in his wings cast his small body against the sharp thorn. The thorn entered with great pain, as the tear drops of blood fell upon the white petals of the rose, it began to turn blood red.
Now as the boy was ready for school, as he left the house, he saw a red rose. He could hardly believe it. He ran to the bush and plucked the red rose. In his excitement he failed to notice the lifeless little body that lay below the bush in a puddle of blood.
Happy as he could be, he began with his red rose on his way to school. Before he got there, some other boys playing football in a field called to him and asked him to come and play. His first thought was a no as he had something more important to do. However, they begged him and said they really needed him to even the teams. He looked at the rose, then them, then back at the rose. He said to himself. Awh!!! she didn't really want to go with me anyway. So, throwing the rose down, the boy went and played football.
In case you haven't already figured out the basis of the story,
1. The boy is each of us.
2. The hummingbird, signifies God / Our Holy Mother, is willing to love us from beginning to the enternity.
3. The girl is eternal life. The boy discover from his human nature.
4. The rose is ultimate sacrifice achieved through the death.
5. The football game is the worldly things we sometimes feel are so important
