Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Funny Story - A Father’s Legacy

 

Father told his 3 sons when he sent them to the university:

“I feel it is my duty to provide you with the best education possible,

and you do not owe me anything for providing that.

However, I want you to appreciate it. As a token, I want each of you

 to put $1,000 into my coffin when I die.”

And so it happened. His sons became a doctor, a lawyer, and a financial 

planner, each very successful financially.

When their father’s time had come and they saw their father in the coffin, 

they remembered his wish.

First, it was the doctor who put 20 x $50 notes onto the chest of the deceased.

Then, came the financial planner, who also put $1,000 on his father’s chest.

 Finally, it was the heartbroken lawyer’s turn.

He reached into his jacket pocket, took out his check book, wrote a check 

for $3,000, put it into his father’s coffin, and took the $2,000 cash. 

He later went on to become a Member of Parliament…

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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR