Friday, 14 August 2015
We All Need A Tree What A Lesson For Life!
We all Need a Tree!
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse,
and after he had
just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat
tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient
one-ton truck refused to start.
While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On
arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front
door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with
both hands.
When opening the door he underwent an amazing
transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small
children and gave his wife a kiss.
Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree
and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do
earlier.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied
"I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure,
those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children.. So I
just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask G-d to take
care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again." "Funny thing
is," he
smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick
'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night
before."
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we
are here we might as well dance.
We all Need a Tree!
The Brick What A Life Lesson
THE BRICK
A young and successful executive was traveling down a
neighbourhood street,
Going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was
Watching for kids darting out from between
parked
Cars and slowed down when he thought he saw
Something.
As his car passed, no children appeared.
Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side
door!
He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to
The spot where the brick had been thrown.
The angry driver then jumped out of the
Car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up
Against a parked car shouting,
'What was that all about and who are you? Just
what
The heck are you doing? That's a new car and
that
Brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
Why
Did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic.
'Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't
Know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the
Brick because no one else would stop....' With
tears
Dripping down his face and off his chin, the
youth
Pointed to a spot just around a parked car..
'It's my Brother, 'he said 'He rolled off
the curb and fell
Out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him
Up.'
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive,
'Would you please help
Me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt
and
he's too heavy for me.'
Moved beyond words,
The driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling
Lump in his throat... He hurriedly lifted the
Handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then
took
Out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh
Scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him
everything
Was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may God bless
You,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too
Shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy!
Push his wheelchair-bound
brother down the sidewalk
Toward their home..
It was a long, slow
Walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very
Noticeable, but the driver never bothered to
repair
The dented side door. He kept the dent there to
Remind him of this message: ' Don't go through
life
So fast that someone has to throw a brick at you
to
Get your attention!' God whispers in our souls
and
Speaks to our hearts Sometimes when we don't have
Time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us.
It's
Our choice to listen or not.
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