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January 6, 2022
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der and so clean? I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me.” His son replies, “Oh, that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, ‘Leave me alone, lady. I’m married!’” So, summing this story up: Broken coffee table … $400; hot breakfast … $7.20; two aspirin … $0.38; saying the right thing, at the right time, priceless. I hope you weren’t offended by this story. There’s no excuse for Jack’s behavior. But this incident also makes a point that we should consider. Saying the right thing at the right time is priceless. Saying the right thing at the right time is also wise. Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill once said, “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the
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Well, Happy New Year. Have you heard about the question that everyone in the world missed? “So, in retrospect, in 2016, where do you see yourself in five years?” Enough said. Vern McLellan gave us some excellent advice for going into the new year. “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” That’s so good. As we venture into 2022, let’s consider ways to make our lives less dramatic or more productive by learning how to speak the right words at the right time. Let’s get the words we speak working for us, not against us.
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He takes the aspirin and cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror. Then he notices a note hanging on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts and a lipstick kiss mark from his wife. The message reads, “Breakfast is on the stove, and I left early to get groceries to make you your favorite dinner tonight. I love you. Love, Jillian.” He stumbles to the kitchen, and sure enough, there is a hot breakfast with steaming hot coffee and the morning newspaper. His son appears at the table. Jack asks, “Son, what happened last night?” “Well, you came home after 3 a.m., drunk out of your mind. You fell over the coffee table and broke it, then you got sick in the hallway, and you got that black eye when you ran into the door.” Confused, Jack asks his son, “So, why is everything in such perfect or-
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I think you will like this story. It illustrates how words can make us or break us, even when we have done something that could come back to haunt us. Read on! Jack wakes up with a massive hangover after attending his company’s grand opening party. Jack is not usually a drinker, but the drinks didn’t taste like alcohol at all. He doesn’t even remember how he got home from the party and who dropped him off. As bad as he feels, he wonders if he did something wrong. Jack forces himself to open his eyes. The first thing he sees is a couple of aspirin next to a glass of water on the side table. Next to the aspirin is a red rose. Jack sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all cleaned and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house.
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