Friday, October 27, 2017

Belief = Results

     The husband had a new job that required a move to another town, so on an autumn afternoon, the man and his wife drove to the town.

     As they entered, they saw an older man raking leaves near the curb.  The husband drove opposite the man and stopped as his wife opened her side window so that she could speak to the man.

     “What kind of people live in this town?”  she asked him.

     The man leaned on his rake handle and stared thoughtfully into space for a moment before asking, “What kind of people live in your town?”

     The woman quickly replied, “They are unfriendly, unpleasant people.”

     “Then,” the man said, “You will find the same kind of people here.”

     This story, that I now suspect my father developed for the benefit of my sister and me, was told to us at least once a year if either Nancy or I complained about some matter.  The entire story did not need to be retold just “Rake man” said by one of our wise parents to remind us...

 Perceiving situations in a negative way 
will result in a negative experience.



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