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Theme for Hump Day Humor – Teachers
Next weeks theme – PETS
Hopefully this doesn’t offend anyone.
The professor started the class by telling them, In Veterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor:
The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal body.
For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the dead cow, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth. Go ahead and do the same thing, he told his students.
The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes. But eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead cow and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, “The second most important qual ity is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger.”
Now learn to pay attention. Life’s tough, it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.
This is an email that came across my desk today and I thought the analogy was so well spelled out that I’d like to pass it on.
One day I hopped into a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean he was really friendly. So I asked, “Why did you just do that? That guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck.” He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you.
Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so….. “Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don’t.”
Remember – Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
One part love,
One part Friend,
One part Sister,
That’s what Cousins
are made of…
There are few more parts I would add to the list though.
Words like: therapist, confidant, survivor, advocate, comedian…
After all without a sense of humor none of the rest of it matters.
I received this email this evening and thought it was so touching that I needed to share it.
