by Sally Britton
"A viewing
a day...
to keep the
blues away!"
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DO IT
RIGHT NOW!
SOH
Productions
Everyone
has room for improvement in their lives. I think we tend to baby
ourselves. We
think we need a long period of time in order to improve in a certain
area. When
really, if we care about someone enough, we will change for them. Or if
we care
about ourselves enough, we will improve in those areas we need to
improve.
I read a story about a couple that lived far out in the country in a
little
house. They had been married for twenty seven years. Over the years,
the wife
had asked her husband to do some flooring. They had dirt floors inside
the
house. Every time, he told her that he would get around to it, but the
years
went by and he never got around to doing it.
One day she died. He met a younger woman, and he fell madly in love
with her.
She agreed to move in with him.
When she saw the house and the flooring, she asked him if he could do
something
about it. He told her, "Oh yes sure, I'll get around to doing it."
What she did differently than his previous wife was she said, "Okay, no
problem, I'll leave my suitcases outside until the flooring is put in."
He got right on it the next day, and she had her new floor.
So what's the difference between the two women here?
One settled for waiting. She thought, "Okay... it will take him a
while.
I'll be patient with him." And she never got her desire.
The other one, said, "Okay, let's do it. I won't wait for it though."
And he cared enough for her to do it. No complaints, no excuses.
So it's the same with our personal problems or issues, areas we need
work on. Let's make our changes today, not wait till tomorrow or the
next year. That
time may not come.
Let's work on what we need to improve today, and let's make those
changes
today, not wait till tomorrow or the next year. That year may not
arrive!
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