What to do when something or someone tries to bury you—-I heard the story about a man who had an old mule that he really loved. One day the man couldn’t find the old mule and he began to panic. He checked the fence to see if got out, but everything looked good. Then he remembered the big, deep hole he had had dug just a few days earlier. He ran as fast as he could to the hole, and sure enough his fears were confirmed. The old mule looked up at him from the bottom of the hole. The only thing he knew that was left to do, was to just put him out of his misery. So he go a shovel and began to throw the dirt down on top of the mule. When he went to get the second shovel full he was amazed. The old mule just shook off the dirt and packed it down with his feet. He quickly started shoveling as fast as he could. Each time the mule shook the dirt off and packed it down, until before long the old mule was at the top and just walked on out. So when someone digs a hole and puts you in it, and tries to bury you with dirt….just shake it off, pack it down, and walk on out.
Smile and whisper—The next time somone wants to argue with you try this technique. It is very hard to argue with someone when they are smiling and whispering. Try it sometime!
Why me Lord?— This was the title to a popular song a few years ago. Unfortunately most people are using it ask why me, meaning the bad. Why am I the one to have trouble, bad breaks, etc. I ask instead why was I the one to receive so many good things. Bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. Just because some bad things happen to me, doesn’t mean at all that I am a bad person.
Many great people have asked why before. Even Jesus in the garden said why has Thou forsaken Me. But God has all the why answers!!
The Two Wolves—I remember, as a child, seeing on cartoons an angel on one shoulder and a devil sitting on the other. They pull in different directions. The devil made me do it was Flip Wison’s line. I heard about the old Indian whose son was becoming a man. The older Indian told the son that there were two wolves within,a good wolfe and a bad wolfe, both trying to gain the lead in his life. Which one will win, the son wanted to know? The father told him it would be the one he fed. Which thoughts will you feed, the good or the bad? Will you side with the positive thoughts or the negative ones? It is up to you, and you alone.
Practice–Allen Iverson had a lot to say about the subject of practice. After the basketball game, he went off on a reporter who asked him about his practice effort. I know what Iverson was trying to say, that it is the game, after all, which matters most. I have seen people at the work place who did not come to work good. Then, after they were there, they just tried to make do with the minimum effort. They were just marking time, just getting by. But, just as sure as promotions were given out, they couldn’t figure how why they were not chosen.
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