Recent surveys indicate that many people are depressed by current events in the world as well as personal concerns about the econony, health, employment and relationships.
Dr. Richard Bimler, former CEO of the Lutheran Wheat Ridge Ministires, have written a new book on "Laughter - how good humor can help you lighten your cares and the cares of others as we celebrate joy in the Lord." The book was illustrated by his son Robert with comic twists on cliches and published by The Business Scribe, Inc.
Dr. Bimler wrote "It is one thing to celebrate life and enjoy all of our gifts; it’s quite another thing to celebrate life while sharing these gifts with others. Happiness, for example, is not something we do, but something we experience by sharing our gifts and lives with other people. Joy in the Lord comes to people who celebrate life by giving their life away to others. We are gifted to be servants of the Lord. We have been blessed to be blessings to others. And to whom much has been given – yes, you guessed it, much is expected! This wonderful touching “Cookie Thief” story helps support the fact that our role is to receive, thank the Lord, and share the blessings we have received .Thank you to the anonymous author for this significant story.
The Cookie Thief
A woman was waiting at an airport one night
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shop,
Bought a bag of cookies, and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see
That the man beside her, as bold as could be,
Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag between,
Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
She read, munched cookies and watched the clock
As the gutsy “cookie thief” diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
Thinking , “If I wasn’t so nice, I’d blacken his eye!”
With each cookie she took, he took one too.
When only one was left, she wondered what he’d do.
With a smile on his face and a nervous laugh,
He took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half as he ate the other.
She snatched it from him and thought “Oh brother,
This guy has some nerve, and he’s also rude,
Why, he didn’t even show any gratitude!”
She had never known when she had been so galled
And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed for the gate,
Refusing to look back at the “thieving ingrate.”
She boarded the plane and sank in her seat,
Then sought her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise.
There was her bag of cookies in front of her eyes!
“If mine are here,” she moaned with despair,
“Then the others were his, and he tried to share!”
Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,
That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief!
Author Unknown
Read sample chapters of "Laughter" on the web at http://laughter.2truth.com/
