Once a bird was searching for a home to lay her eggs and get shelter in the coming rainy season. In her search, she saw two trees and went to ask for shelter. When she asked the first tree, he refused to give her shelter.
With disappointment, she went to the second tree. The second tree agreed. So, she made her home and lay her eggs. Then the rainy season arrived.
The rain was so heavy that the first tree fell and was carried away by the flood. The bird saw this and in a taunting way said: ” See, this is your karma, you didn’t offer me shelter, now God has punished you.
The tree smiled and said:” I knew I was not going to survive this rainy season, that’s why I refused you. I didn’t want to risk the lives of you and your children. “The bird got tears in her eyes. Now that she knew the reason, she felt respect for the tree.
Moral of the Story: We should not always consider a “NO” as someone being mean or angry. You don’t know the full picture. Without even trying to understand the motive or the reason, we make our own judgments. we should never judge others by their No if we don’t know the whole story.