Never make decisions in moments of anger or pain. (Jokes)
A very poor newly wedded, young couple lived in a
small farm. One day the husband made the following
proposal to his wife: Honey, I
will leave the house: I will
travel faraway, get a job and work
hard in order to come back
and give you the comfortable life that you deserve. I do not know how long I will stay away, I only
ask one thing, please wait for me,
and while I am away, you should be
faithful to me, because I will be faithful to you. His wife agreed, so the young man left. He walked many days until he found a
farmer who was in need of someone
to help him. The young man
offered his services. He was accepted.
Therefore he discussed the terms
with his boss: Let me work for as long as I want and when I think I should go home, please relieve me of my duties. I
do not want to receive my salary.
I ask you to save it for me, until
the day I leave. The
day I decide to go, please give me the money and I will go my way. They agreed on that. So, the young man
worked for twenty years without
holiday and without rest. After twenty years, he came to his boss and said: Boss,
I want my money, because I am
returning to my home. The boss
replied: All right, after all, I
made a deal with you and I
will stick to it. However, before you go I want to offer you something new: I will give you all your money and
send you away; or I will give you 3
pieces of advice and send you away. If I
give you money, you lose the 3
pieces of advice. If I give
you the 3 pieces of advice, you lose the money. Now, go to your room and think about your answer. He
thought for two days. Then he went
to the boss and told him: I want the 3 pieces of advice. The boss stressed again, if I give you the 3 pieces of advice, I will not give you the money, and the man replied: I want the 3 pieces of advice. The boss then told him:
No. 1: Never take short-cuts in your life, shorter and unknown paths can cost your life.
No.
2: Never be too curious, for
curiosity towards evil can be deadly.
No.
3: Never make decisions in
moments of anger or pain, because when you repent, it could be too late. After giving these 3 pieces of advice, the boss said to him: Here, you have 3
loaves of bread, 2 are for you to
eat during the journey and the last is for you to eat with your wife when you get home. So, the man went his way, after twenty years away from home and
from his wife, whom he loved so
much. After the first day of
travel, he found a man who
greeted him and asked: Where are you going? He replied: To a distant place which is about 20 days away if I continue walking. The man said to him: Oh' boy, this path
is too long! I know a short-cut
that is very safe and you will arrive in 5 days only. The man began to follow the path suggested until he
remembered the first piece of
advice.
Then, he returned and followed the long path. Days later he learned that the short-cut led to an ambush. After a few more
days of travel, he found an in by
the roadside, where he could rest.
He paid for a room and after
taking a bath he lay down to sleep.
During the night he woke up as he
heard a terrifying scream. He rose
to his feet and went to the
door to check what happened. As he
was opening the door, he
remembered the second piece of advice. Therefore he returned, lay down again and slept. At dawn, after breakfast, the owner of the lodging asked him if he had not heard the scream
at night. He affirmed that he
heard. Then, the host said: Were you not curious to see what happened? And he replied: No, I was not. Then the host said:
You are the first guest to leave this
inn alive. My neighbour is
completely crazy. He usually shouts
at night to call someone’s attention.
When some of the guests come out,
he kills them and buries
their bodies in the backyard. The man continued his long journey, eager to arrive soon. After many days and
nights walking, he was very
tired, but he finally saw his house far away. It was night. He saw some light coming out of the window of his house and was able to see the silhouette of his wife. But he also saw that she was not alone. He came closer and saw there was a man
with her. She softly caressed his
hair. When he saw that scene, his
heart was filled with hatred and bitterness. He decided to rush at and kill them both mercilessly. However, he took a deep breath and he remembered the third piece of advice. Then he stopped, reflected and decided to sleep outside that night. He slept in the midst of the bushes, determined to make a decision the next day. At
dawn, he was calmer and thought:
I will not kill my wife and her lover. I am going back to my boss to ask him to take me back. But before I go, I want to tell my wife that I have always been faithful to her. He
went to the front door and knocked.
When his wife opened the door and
recognized him, she cried and embraced him warmly. He tried to push her away, but he was not
able. Then, with tears in his eyes
he told her: I was faithful to you but you betrayed me. She was shocked, so she replied: How did I betray you? I have never
betrayed you. I waited patiently
for you for twenty good years.
Then he asked: How about the man that you were caressing yesterday? And she said: That
man is your son. When you left, I
discovered I was pregnant. Today
he is twenty years old.
Hearing that, the man asked her forgiveness. He met and hugged his son. Then he told them all the things he
had experiencedwhile away. Meanwhile, his wife prepared some coffee for them to eat together, the last bread given by his boss. After a prayer of thanksgiving, he broke the bread. When he looked at it, he found all his money inside. In fact, there was even more than the right payment for his twenty
years of dedication and hard work. Friends, our God is like this boss. When he asks us to make a sacrifice, he wants to give us more than what we give Him. He wants us to have His unique wisdom as well as the material blessings. Someone sent this piece to me and it blessed me and I copied it to you if possible, you too can also share to other groups.
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