Crabs<\/b><\/p>\n
The man went into the restaurant and said, \u201cDo you serve crabs here?\u201d<\/p>\n
And the waiter said, \u201cWhy, yes sir, we serve anybody here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bell, the Clapper, and the Cord: Wit and Witticism, (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 1994), p. 73<\/p>\n
Perk Up<\/b><\/p>\n
A sickly widow had two sons on whom she relied for financial support. One son sold umbrellas. The first thing the mother did every morning was to look out to see if the sun was shining or if it looked like it was going to rain. If it was cloudy, her spirits were good because there was a chance that it might rain and her son would sell some umbrellas. But if the sun was shining, she was miserable all day because no umbrellas would be sold.<\/p>\n
The widow\u2019s other son sold fans. Every morning that it looked like rain, she would get depressed because without the sun\u2019s heat, no one was likely to buy fans.<\/p>\n
No matter what the weather was, the widow had something to fret about.<\/p>\n
While commiserating with a friend one day, the friend remarked, \u201cPerk up. You\u2019ve got it made. If the sun is shining, people will buy fans; if it rains, they\u2019ll buy umbrellas. All you have to do is change your attitude. You can\u2019t lose.\u201d<\/p>\n
When that simple thought sank in, the widow lived happily ever after.<\/p>\n
Adapted from Sower of Seeds, FR. Brian Cavanaugh, Paulist Press, Bits & Pieces, June 22, 1995, pp. 2-3.<\/p>\n
Quote<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of this earth. – Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n
Two Rings<\/b><\/p>\n
Joe Theismann enjoyed an illustrious 12-year career as quarterback of the Washington Redskins. He led the team to two Super Bowl appearances–winning in 1983 before losing the following year. When a leg injury forced him out of football in 1985, he was entrenched in the record books as Washington\u2019s all-time leading passer. Still, the tail end of Theismann\u2019s career taught him a bitter lesson: I got stagnant. I thought the team revolved around me. I should have known it was time to go when I didn\u2019t care whether a pass hit Art Monk in the 8 or the 1 on his uniform. When we went back to the Super Bowl, my approach had changed. I was griping about the weather, my shoes, practice times, everything.<\/p>\n
Today I wear my two rings–the winner\u2019s ring from Super Bowl XVII and the loser\u2019s ring from Super Bowl XVIII. The difference in those two rings lies in applying oneself and not accepting anything but the best. <\/p>\n
Reader\u2019s Digest, January, 1992<\/p>\n
Laughter as Medicine<\/b><\/p>\n
In The Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient, Norman Cousins tells of being hospitalized with a rare, crippling disease. When he was diagnosed as incurable, Cousins checked out of the hospital. Aware of the harmful effects that negative emotions can have on the body, Cousins reasoned the reverse was true. So he borrowed a movie projector and prescribed his own treatment, consisting of Marx Brothers films and old \u201cCandid Camera\u201d reruns. It didn\u2019t take long for him to discover that 10 minutes of laughter provided two hours of painfree sleep. <\/p>\n
Amazingly, his debilitating disease was eventually reversed. After the account of his victory appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Cousins received more than 3000 letters from appreciative physicians throughout the world. <\/p>\n
Today in the Word, MBI, 12\u201318-91<\/p>\n
Attitude and Strength<\/b><\/p>\n
A person\u2019s mental attitude has an almost unbelievable effect on his powers, both physical ad psychological. The British psychiatrist, J.A. Hadfield, gives a striking illustration of this fact in his booklet, The Psychology of Power. \u201cI asked three people,\u201d he wrote, \u201cto submit themselves to test the effect of mental suggestion on their strength, which was measured by gripping a dynamometer.\u201d They were to grip the dynamometer with all their strength under three different sets of conditions. <\/p>\n
First he tested them under normal conditions. The average grip was 101 pounds. Then he tested them after he had hypnotized them and told them that they were very weak. Their average grip this time was only 29 pounds! In the third test Dr. Hadfield told them under hypnosis that they were very strong. The average grip jumped to 142 pounds. <\/p>\n
Bits and Pieces, May, 1991, p. 15<\/p>\n
What Are We Looking For?<\/b><\/p>\n
Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation\u2019s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures live on what was. They live on the past. They fill themselves with what is dead and gone. But hummingbirds live on what is. They seek new life. They fill themselves with freshness and life. Each bird finds what it is looking for. We all do. <\/p>\n
Steve Goodier, Quote Magazine, in May, 1990 R.D.<\/p>\n
The Cathedral<\/b><\/p>\n
The noted English architect Sir Christopher Wren was supervising the construction of a magnificent cathedral in London. A journalist thought it would be interesting to interview some of the workers, so he chose three and asked them this question, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d <\/p>\n
The first replied, \u201cI\u2019m cutting stone for 10 shillings a day.\u201d <\/p>\n
The next answered, \u201cI\u2019m putting in 10 hours a day on this job.\u201d <\/p>\n
But the third said, \u201cI\u2019m helping Sir Christopher Wren construct one of London\u2019s greatest cathedrals.\u201d <\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Lost Arm<\/b><\/p>\n
A chaplain was speaking to a soldier on a cot in a hospital. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou have lost an arm in the great cause,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d said the soldier with a smile. \u201cI didn\u2019t lose it–I gave it.\u201d <\/p>\n
In that same way, Jesus did not lose His life. He gave it purposefully.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Resource<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 C Swindoll, Strengthening your grip, p. 205<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Crabs The man went into the restaurant and said, \u201cDo you serve crabs here?\u201d And the waiter said, \u201cWhy, yes sir, we serve anybody here.\u201d The Bell, the Clapper, and the Cord: Wit and Witticism, (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 1994), p. 73 Perk Up A sickly widow had two sons on whom she … Continue reading “Attitude”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}