One Tough Pressure 580 Report post Posted April 5, 2004 You Gotta Love Kids Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was: A four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry." ********************************************* Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members. One child suggested that he was adopted. A little girl said, "I know all about adoptions because I was adopted." "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child. It means," said the girl, "that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy." ******************************************************** A four year old was at the pediatrician for a check up. As the doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, he asked, "Do you think I'll find Big Bird in here?" The little girl stayed silent. Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the Cookie Monster down there?" Again, the little girl was silent. Then the doctor put a stethoscope to her chest. As he listened to her heart beat, he asked, "Do you think I'll hear Barney in there?" "Oh, no!" the little girl replied. "Jesus is in my heart. Barney's on my underpants." ******************************************* On my way home one day I stopped to watch a Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was. "We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered with a smile." Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged." "Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet. ******************************************** Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. "Guess what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me............................ "I've been chosen to clap and cheer" ********************************************** An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December some years ago: A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!" "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boy's reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, you will be more comfortable now". As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face........ with tears in his eyes, asked her .. "Are you God's Wife?" ************************************************ SEND TO ALL WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR CHILDREN Hope this put a smile on your face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 boots256 14 Report post Posted April 6, 2004 To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!" "Don't what?" Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said. "Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve...we have forbidden fruit!!!!!" "No way!" "Yes way!" "Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God. "Why" "Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked. "Uh huh," Adam replied. "Then why did you?" said the Father. "I don't know", said Eve. "She started it!" Adam said "Did not!" "Did too!" "DID NOT!" Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you? THINGS TO THINK ABOUT! 1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up. 2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children. 3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young. 4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. 5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own. 6. We child proofed our homes, but they are still getting in. ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home. AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE: "TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
You Gotta Love Kids
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he
was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most
caring child.
The winner was:
A four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly
gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the
little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just
sat there.
When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the
little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
*********************************************
Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a
family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair
than the other family members. One child suggested that he was adopted.
A little girl said, "I know all about adoptions because I was
adopted."
"What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child.
It means," said the girl, "that you grew in your mommy's heart instead
of her tummy."
********************************************************
A four year old was at the pediatrician for a check up. As the
doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, he asked, "Do you think I'll
find Big Bird in here?"
The little girl stayed silent.
Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked down her
throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the Cookie Monster down there?"
Again, the little girl was silent.
Then the doctor put a stethoscope to her chest. As he listened to
her heart beat, he asked, "Do you think I'll hear Barney in there?"
"Oh, no!" the little girl replied.
"Jesus is in my heart. Barney's on my underpants."
*******************************************
On my way home one day I stopped to watch a Little League baseball
game that was being played in a park near my home.
As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one
of the boys what the score was.
"We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered with a smile."
Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged."
"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Why
should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet.
********************************************
Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think
about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school
play.
His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though
she feared he would not be chosen.
On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him
after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and
excitement.
"Guess what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words that will
remain a lesson to me............................
"I've been chosen to clap and cheer"
**********************************************
An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in
December some years ago:
A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on
the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with
cold.
A lady approached the boy and said, "My, but you're in such deep
thought staring in that window!"
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boy's reply.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the
clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then
asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel.
He quickly brought them to her.
She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and,
removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with
a towel.
By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair
upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the
remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on
the head and said, "No doubt, you will be more comfortable now".
As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and
looking up into her face........ with tears in his eyes, asked
her ..
"Are you God's Wife?"
************************************************
SEND TO ALL WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR CHILDREN Hope this put a smile on
your face.
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