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What Really Matters In Life 

Mexican Fisherman Meets Harvard MBA What Really Matters in Life? A vacationing American businessman standing on the pier of a quaint coastal fishing village in southern Mexico watched as a small boat with just one young Mexican fisherman pulled into the dock. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. Enjoying the warmth of the early afternoon sun the American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. How long did it take you to catch them?” the American casually asked. Oh, a few hours,” the Mexican fisherman replied.

Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?” the American businessman then asked. The Mexican warmly replied, “With this I have more than enough to support my family’s needs.” The businessman then became serious, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?” 

Responding with a smile, the Mexican fisherman answered, “I sleep late, play with my children, watch ballgames, and take siesta with my wife. Sometimes in the evenings I take a stroll into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, sing a few songs…” 

The American businessman impatiently interrupted, “Look, I have an MBA from Harvard, and I can help you to be more profitable. You can start by fishing several hours longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra money, you can buy a bigger boat. With the additional income that larger boat will bring, before long you can buy a second boat, then a third one, and so on, until you have an entire fleet of fishing boats.” Proud of his own sharp thinking, he excitedly elaborated a grand scheme which could bring even bigger profits, “Then, instead of selling your catch to a middleman you’ll be able to sell your fish directly to the processor, or even open your own cannery. Eventually, you could control the product, processing and distribution. You could leave this tiny coastal village and move to Mexico City, or possibly even Los Angeles or New York City, where you could even further expand your enterprise.

” Having never thought of such things, the Mexican fisherman asked, “But how long will all this take?” After a rapid mental calculation, the Harvard MBA pronounced, “Probably about 15-20 years, maybe less if you work really hard.” And then what, señor?” asked the fisherman. Why, that’s the best part!” answered the businessman with a laugh. “When the time is right, you would sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions.” 

Millions? Really? What would I do with it all?” asked the young fisherman in disbelief. The businessman boasted, “Then you could happily retire with all the money you’ve made. You could move to a quaint coastal fishing village where you could sleep late, play with your grandchildren, watch ballgames, and take siesta with your wife. You could stroll to the village in the evenings where you could play the guitar and sing with your friends all you want.” 

The moral of the story is: Know what really matters in life, and you may find that it is already much closer than you think.

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

10/28– Start Your Day Off Right Series 

Quote:

10/28–Your Twin Can Help

Story:

From Sister Ramona McLain

“My dad has bees.🐝Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn’t survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.

       I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.

        Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey 🍯 collection, there were bees flying all over outside.

        We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters. 

When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.

        Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.

Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates. ❣️ 

We could all learn a thing or two from these bees. 🐝 🐝 🐝

I did not write this, but love it. Bee kind always.

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Scripture:

 Acts 27:17

Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

Humor:

No Excuse Sunday In Chicken  Soup Pg 228

10/28–Can You spare A Minute?

10/28–Opportunities Missed 

There was a very cautious man 

Who never laughed or played; 

He never risked, he never tried, 

He never sang or prayed. 

And when he one day passed away 

His insurance was denied; 

For since he never really lived, 

They claimed he never died!

The richest place in the world is the cemetery. It is richer than Fort Knox! There are apologies never made, Love never expressed,  songs never sung, and sermons never preached. Don’t die with your song still within you!!!

I’m not afraid of dying… only to die before I’ve ever lived!

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#A-Y-T-Shorts

Imagination, one of the largest nations

2 Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Ants are one of the toughest of anything one could come in contact with. Have a fire ant mound by the mailbox? Kick it, destroy it as best as you can. They will pick up and build right back. 

Are there lessons to be learned from this? You’d better believe it! I knew a man that was doing some work on a farm and saw a huge fire ant mound. He lit it and watched it burn. He was so confident that he had won. A week or two later he returned, and remembered the ants. He looked and he saw the charred remnants of the mound . He was about to claim victory when he noticed that they had just moved their mound down a few feet. The ones that had survived the fire had made a heap of the dead, and just began again a few feet farther down. Don’t let anything or anyone stop you or your dream!

   

A man did a study to show he could keep food unopened in a room and keep ants from getting to it. In the center of a large room, he placed a huge wooden tub filled with water. He placed a barstool in the center of the tub and on the barstool he put a plate filled with chocolate candy. Around the tub, he painted a wide band of slow drying glue. He then sealed the room tight. Six days later he checked the room. Ants were all over the candy. 

How did they manage this? The first obstacle was the glue. Hundreds of ants sacrificed their bodies to become a bridge for the others. The water was the second obstacle. The ants carried up little bits of grass and wood and put them together with their spit to form a bridge to swing across to the leg of the barstool. Another kind of ant took an easier route. They simply walked up the wall, up to the ceiling over the stool and dropped onto the chocolate!  

   

Another example of persistence is the Soldier or Marching ants of Malaysia. They march across the jungle, devouring whatever is in their path. If they come to a river and want to cross it, some break away from the group and a few go upstream, a few go downstream until they find the exact spot to cross,then go back to the colony and somehow communicate which way to go. The spot they choose is a sharp bend in the river, where the water happens to be flowing diagonally. The ants interlock with each other to become balls about the size of coconuts, then roll down the bank into the river and let the current carry them across. On the other side, they untangle and continue their march. (Isn’t that amazing?)

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10/26– Start Your Day Off Right Series 

Quote:

10/26–Be A Reflection

Story:

10/26–Criticizing is a little man’a tactics. It takes a big man to refrain from criticizing. Belittling others shows just how small you and your thinking really are.

 I’m not much for bragging or boasting it on myself but I am pretty generous to brag on others. 

A big man is not afraid of making others bigger. He doesn’t see it as a threat to his bigness. A big man doesn’t feel like he has to cut you down to make him feel bigger. 

When you find the good in people and sincerely complement them you show to me your bigness and your greatness. 

Philippians 2: 3-4. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 

If I put you higher than me and you put me higher than you then we will be equal! It does nothing for me to see others fail or not do good. It does not add anything to my success or stature. Bringing down others doesn’t lift me up any. 

Some people’s whole outlook is trying to find something wrong with someone. They have looked for the wrong so long the good seems to be hid from them. It takes a trained eye to look for the good and be able to spot it. It might take a little practice before you’re able to see the good if you’ve always looked for the bad. 

Little minded people major in the minor! They take some little insignificant point and blow it up into something that it is really not. 

Some people are merely legends in their own minds. They have nominated themselves and voted for themselves but nobody else paid any attention. Their continual criticizing others is part of them trying to get attention even though they’re going about it the wrong way.

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Scripture:

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

not one.

Humor:

Hymn

If you can’t find two minutes can you spare one?

10/26–Can You Spare A Minute?

—10/26–Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. 

All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. 

But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. 

The vultures live on what was. They live on the past. They fill themselves with what is dead and gone. 

But hummingbirds live on what is. They seek new life. They fill themselves with freshness and life. 

Each bird finds what it is looking for. We all do.  

Steve Goodier, Quote Magazine, in Reader’s Digest, May, 1990.

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You need to be relentless , consistentand thankful

How to Bury a Good Idea—-W

It will never work, 

We’ve never done it that way before. 

We’re doing fine without it. 

We can’t afford it. 

We’re not ready for it. 

It’s not our responsibility. 

10/25–Start Your Day Off Right Series 

Quote:

10/25–

Time is what we want most but what we use worst 

William Penn

Story:

10/25–Ask a gossiper these 5 questions before hearing the story.

1. What is your reason for telling me? 

2. Where did you get your information?

3. Have you gone to those directly involved? 

4. Have you personally checked out all of the facts? 

5. Can I quote you if I check this out?

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Scripture:

Matthew 18:19-20

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Humor: