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There is a story in circulation about an optimistic farmer who couldn't
wait to greet each new day with a resounding, "Good morning, God!"
He lived near a woman whose morning greeting was
more like, "Good God.
Morning?" They were each a trial to the other. Where he saw opportunity,
she saw problems. What brought him satisfaction, brought her discontentment.
One bright morning he exclaimed, "Look at the beautiful sky!
Did you ever see such a glorious sunrise?"
"Yeah," she countered.
"It'll probably get so hot the crops will scorch!"
During an afternoon
shower, he commented, "Isn't this wonderful? Mother Nature is giving the corn
a drink today!"
"And if it doesn't stop before too long," came the
sour reply, "we'll wish we'd taken out flood insurance on the crops!"
And so it went.
Convinced that he could instill some awe and wonder
in this hardened woman, he bought a remarkable dog. Not just any mutt,
but the most expensive, highly trained and gifted dog he could
find.
The animal was exquisite! It could perform remarkable and impossible
feats which, the farmer thought, would surely amaze even his neighbor.
So he invited her to watch his dog perform.
"Fetch!" he commanded,
as he tossed a stick into a lake, where it bobbed up and down in the
rippling water. The dog bounded after the stick, walked ON the water,
and retrieved it.
"What do you think of that?" he asked,
smiling.
"Hmmm," she frowned. "Can't swim, can he?"
I believe
that attitudes are the world's most communicative diseases. They can be
as catching as any known virus. And when negative and cynical, they can
be just as deadly.
But a stubbornly positive attitude can often
make the difference between happiness and misery, between health and
illness and even between life and death. Once infected, you'll never
be the same.
Remember... Your Attitude determines your
ALTITUDE!
Contributed by my friend, Carol
A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him? " "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him" So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What?,
Because he's cross-eyed?"
"No, because he's really heavy"
The key to the economic, social and political future of all of Africa is to invest in the economic empowerment of Africa’s women food farmers
Portrait of the farmer as a woman
A woman returned from Thailand to receive the outstanding rice farmer award presented by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Ms Phan Thi Xuan Mai in My Tan commune, Cai Be district, Tien Giang province met many visitors who came to her house to congratulate her on her prize.
