The Trouble Tree

[Guest guest]

> >Someone I love, you know who you are, sent this to me earlier. It is so

great I just had to share it with all of you!

I hope you find a good place to hang your troubles and when you look again,

I hope they will all have disappeared.

Love,

Rashelle

> >I received this and thought it great food for thought!

> >>>

> >>> I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he

> >>> had

> >>> just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire made him lose

> >>> an

> >>> hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck

> >>> refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.

> >>> On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward

> >>> the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips

> >>> of

> >>> the branches with both hands. When opening the door, he underwent an

> >>> amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and

> >>> he

> >>> hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

> >>> Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my

> curiosity

> >>> got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do

> earlier.

> >>> " Oh, that's my trouble tree, " he replied. " I know I can't help having

> >>> troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, troubles don't belong

> >>> in

> >>> the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on

> >>> the

> >>> tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them

> >>> up

> >>> again. "

> >>> Funny thing is, " he smiled, " when I come out in the morning to pick

> >>> 'em

> >>> up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night

> >>> before. "

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

The Trouble Tree

The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and then his old pickup truck refused to start.

While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward, he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing is for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again."

"The funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

Everybody needs a trouble tree..

Aseem Kaistha

It's your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude.