Thanks given
Posted by Michael Givens on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Mr. Green loved his wife. So much so that he would shower her gifts and take her out to dinner several days a month; just because. They lived in a beautiful home and had very expensive cars. For the past twenty years, Mr. Green worked as a vice president of a major bank and was up for a promotion.
On this day, Green reported to work and found an email from the bank's president requesting a meeting at 11:00 AM. Green was excited and anticipated his boss offering him a raise and promotion. Instead, Green was notified that he would not be getting the position.
Disapointed, Green sat at his desk in his office. He felt that his life had been a lie and thought that he would grow old in his current position without advancing any further. The more he thought of his plight, the more depressed he became. Green compared his life to others that had achieved more in life than he and his depression continued. He dreaded telling his wife the news, thinking that she would be disapointed in him.
Green finally left his office, took the elevator to the ground leval and walked out the front door of this high rise complex. Instead of walking to his car, Green decided to walk to a tavern for a beer.
On the way he crossed a homeless man pushing a shopping cart that seemed to contain all of his possesions. The homeless man wore a perpetual smile on his face and looked at the clouds continually. Green walked up to the homeless man and asked him why he was smiling and looking up. The homeless man said, "Sir, God has been so good to me. He has blessed me with this cart so that I don't have to carry my stuff on my back. I just left the soup kitchen so my belly is full. My dog licked me right on my lips, and I have shelter from the elements tonight. What more can a man ask for.
Green's attitude quickly improved. If this man with relatively few possesions could be happy with his lot in life, what right have I to complain.
It doesn't matter what going on in my life. Things are as they should be. God has put us right where we are for a reason that only He knows. So when we complain about minor things, we must remember that they are just that. Minor things. Distractions are things we see when we take our eyes off our goals. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
On this day, Green reported to work and found an email from the bank's president requesting a meeting at 11:00 AM. Green was excited and anticipated his boss offering him a raise and promotion. Instead, Green was notified that he would not be getting the position.
Disapointed, Green sat at his desk in his office. He felt that his life had been a lie and thought that he would grow old in his current position without advancing any further. The more he thought of his plight, the more depressed he became. Green compared his life to others that had achieved more in life than he and his depression continued. He dreaded telling his wife the news, thinking that she would be disapointed in him.
Green finally left his office, took the elevator to the ground leval and walked out the front door of this high rise complex. Instead of walking to his car, Green decided to walk to a tavern for a beer.
On the way he crossed a homeless man pushing a shopping cart that seemed to contain all of his possesions. The homeless man wore a perpetual smile on his face and looked at the clouds continually. Green walked up to the homeless man and asked him why he was smiling and looking up. The homeless man said, "Sir, God has been so good to me. He has blessed me with this cart so that I don't have to carry my stuff on my back. I just left the soup kitchen so my belly is full. My dog licked me right on my lips, and I have shelter from the elements tonight. What more can a man ask for.
Green's attitude quickly improved. If this man with relatively few possesions could be happy with his lot in life, what right have I to complain.
It doesn't matter what going on in my life. Things are as they should be. God has put us right where we are for a reason that only He knows. So when we complain about minor things, we must remember that they are just that. Minor things. Distractions are things we see when we take our eyes off our goals. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
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