Friday, December 07, 2007
Today's Quote:
Watch our thoughts; they become words. Watch our words; they become actions.
Watch our actions; they become habits. Watch our habits; they become character.
Watch our character; it becomes our destiny.
I like to share this funny story because I believe that we all need to examine our thoughts, our words, our actions, our habits and our characters which lead to our destiny:
A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard.
Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the
right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten
the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating
woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration as she
missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell
phone and makeup. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her
window and looked up into the face of a very serious
police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her
hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, finger
printed, photographed, and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of
hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was
escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting
with her personal effects. He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake.
You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn,
flipping off the guy in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at
him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life'
License plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper Sticker,
And the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk,
Naturally...I assumed you had stolen the car."
Priceless.