Subject: How to Forgive
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Feb 19 2002 - 11:56:05 EST
"Thrifty"
A man realized he needed to purchase a
hearing aid, but he felt unwilling to spend
much money. "How much do they run?"
he asked the clerk.
"That depends," said the salesman. "They
run from $2.00 to $2,000."
"Let's see the $2.00 model," he said.
The clerk put the device around the man's
neck. "You just stick this button in your ear
and run this little string down to your pocket,"
he instructed.
"How does it work?" the customer asked.
"For $2.00 it doesn't work," the salesman
replied. "But when people see it on you,
they'll talk louder!"
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"How to Forgive"
The preacher, in his Sunday sermon, used
"Forgive Your Enemies" as his subject. After
a long sermon, he asked how many were willing
to forgive their enemies. About half held up their
hands.
Not satisfied, he continued on for another twenty
minutes, repeating his question. This time he
received a response of eighty percent.
Still unsatisfied, he lectured for fifteen more
minutes and repeated his question. With
thoughts of Sunday dinner, all responded except
one older gentleman in the rear.
"Mr. Jones, are you not willing to forgive your
enemies?"
"I don't have any," replied Mr. Jones.
"Mr. Jones, that is very unusual. How old are you?"
"Eighty six," was the reply.
"Mr. Jones, please come down in front and tell
the congregation how a man can live to eighty
six and not have an enemy in the world."
The old man teetered down the aisle and slowly
turned around. "It's easy. I just outlived the them
all!"
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