The China Man
A wealthy chinese businessman was now old and wanted to retire, So he called his three sons and told them: "I am not going to divide my business and give it to all three of you, What I want to find out is this: Which of you is the best businessman? So I am going to test the three of you, Whoever wins the test gets the whole business,"
So the old man gave each of the sons $10, With that money each one was suppose t buy something which would fill a big empty room, The bot who filled the most completely would win,
The first boy went out and bought a big leafy tree, He had it cut down and dragged into the room, It filled about half the room,
The second young man went out and bought all the kunai grass which some farmers are cutting off their field, They carried it in and filled most of the room,
The third boy was the smartest, He went to a small trade store and bought a candle for 25c, In the evening, after dark,e called his father over to the large empty room, He then put the little candle down on the floor in the middle of the room and lighted it,After a minute or so he turned to his father and said, "Dad,can you see any little corner of this room that is not filled by the light of that tiny candle?'
The boy won the business
-Herb Trueblood
So the old man gave each of the sons $10, With that money each one was suppose t buy something which would fill a big empty room, The bot who filled the most completely would win,
The first boy went out and bought a big leafy tree, He had it cut down and dragged into the room, It filled about half the room,
The second young man went out and bought all the kunai grass which some farmers are cutting off their field, They carried it in and filled most of the room,
The third boy was the smartest, He went to a small trade store and bought a candle for 25c, In the evening, after dark,e called his father over to the large empty room, He then put the little candle down on the floor in the middle of the room and lighted it,After a minute or so he turned to his father and said, "Dad,can you see any little corner of this room that is not filled by the light of that tiny candle?'
The boy won the business
-Herb Trueblood
God's Plot
Whenever we sat down to a detective story paperback or to a whodunit on TV, are minds are pre-adjusted to the fact that nothing is going to happen right in the first ten minutes or twenty pages. We pre-supposed that there is going to be a plot in all this, and so we hang in there and bide our time to see just how it is going to unravel, we know it will all come out well in the end.
Many should give GOD at least as much credit for having the plot in our lives. - Frank Mihalic
Contented Fisherman
A wealthy tourist , complete with dark glasses and cameras, went strolling along tropical beach and found a fisherman dozing along his side canoe.
"Why aren't you out catching fish?" began the tourist. "Ive caught enough for today," answered the villager. "But why don't you go out and catch more and make some money and then buy a net so you can catch even more?"
"What for"
"Then you could buy a motor for your canoe and go out further where there are still more fish to catch."
"But why catch more fish?"
"So that you can earn more money and buy a whole fleet of fishing boats."
"Then what?"
"Then you would become rich and could spend your life taking it easy."
"That's what I'm already doing."
"Why aren't you out catching fish?" began the tourist. "Ive caught enough for today," answered the villager. "But why don't you go out and catch more and make some money and then buy a net so you can catch even more?"
"What for"
"Then you could buy a motor for your canoe and go out further where there are still more fish to catch."
"But why catch more fish?"
"So that you can earn more money and buy a whole fleet of fishing boats."
"Then what?"
"Then you would become rich and could spend your life taking it easy."
"That's what I'm already doing."