a management course
bahahaha...Frank posted this on Probetalk. some wording has been changed to protect the innocent. ;P
Lesson One:
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing
A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I
also sit on my butt like you and do nothing?" The eagle
answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the
ground below the eagle, and rested. All of a sudden, a
fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Management Lesson:
To be sitting on your butt and doing nothing, you must
be sitting very high up
Lesson Two:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be
able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the
turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why
don't you nibble on some of my manure droppings?"
replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of manure, found it
actually gave
him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the
tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he
reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth
night, he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the
turkey out of the tree.
Management Lesson:
Bull crap might get you to the top, but it won't keep
you there.
Lesson Three:
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was
so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground in a
large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by
and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay
there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how
warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out. He
lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing
for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came
to investigate. Following the sound, the cat
discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and
promptly dug him out and ate him.
Management Lessons:
(1) Not everyone who craps on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of crap is your
friend.
(3) And when you're in deep crap, it's best to keep
your mouth
shut!
This ends your two-minute management course
lightsaber!
sweetness! i ordered a Darth Vader Force FX lightsaber from masterreplicas.com quite a few weeks ago, and they finally sent it two days ago! w00t! actually, it's going to be my friend David's because he wanted the Vader one, but was too impatient to wait and find one. he bought Obi-Wan's blue one, and that's the one i want, so we're gonna trade. i'll post pics of it when it comes, and i'll post pics when we trade.
i'm so excited. :D
things aren't always what they seem
i saw this in my friend's dad's blog today, and i think it deserves to be reposted.
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guestroom. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,
"Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped him, he accused. The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die.
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied.
"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren't always what they seem."
Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way we think they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until some time later ... Things aren't always what they seem ... "But all things happen for the good of those who love God." (Romans 8:28)
