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IV. ENJOYING LIFE'S SIMPLE
PLEASURES WITH QUALITY LIVING
Viewing life in its totality is a wonderful
exercise.
"In the church
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heard men praying,"
said the puzzled young boy.
"It must be awfully
hard for God." "Why?"
asked the preacher
gently.
"The woodcutter was praying for cold
weather, the fruit seller prayed for mild weather,
the farmer prayed for rain, and the brick maker
prayed for dry weather."
"They are godly men. How does God know
how to answer all their prayers?" "How is the
weather now?"
asked the preacher.
"Dry
-
and
mild." "And last week?" "Let me see
--
on
Monday and Tuesday it rained
...
and on
Thursday it was cold." "See?"
said the
preacher.
Consider this profound ditty (author
unknown, but wisdom eternal):
To the preacher life's
a
sermon,
To the joker life's
a
jest,
To the miser life is money,
To the loafer life's
a
rest.
To the soldier life's
a
battle,
To the teacher life's
a
school,
Life's
a
great thing for the thinker
But
a
folly to the fool.
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