During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
“Well,” said the director, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.”
“Oh, I understand,” I said. “A normal person would use the bucket because it’s bigger than the spoon or the teacup.”
“No.” said the director, “A normal person would pull the plug.
The moral …
There is a temptation to panic, become flustered and angry but it is important that we see the opportunity that is before us.
A letter is winging its way to you as I write:
- read it very carefully,
- count to 10
- digest its contents…. All is not lost…….
REMEMBER, ‘First Impressions’ can be misleading and confusing.
Is the glass half full or half empty……Call for Calm
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During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
“Well,” said the director, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.”
“Oh, I understand,” I said. “A normal person would use the bucket because it’s bigger than the spoon or the teacup.”
“No.” said the director, “A normal person would pull the plug.
The moral …
There is a temptation to panic, become flustered and angry but it is important that we see the opportunity that is before us.
A letter is winging its way to you as I write:
REMEMBER, ‘First Impressions’ can be misleading and confusing.