Today is Wednesday, February 11th, 2009; Karen's Korner #1508

"We either make ourselves miserable
or we make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same."
 
~~ Carlos Catriada
 
(forwarded to me by Shirley Choat)
 
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Taken from an email by Mark Young, formerly a minister in Clarion and now in Newton. It is an opening story (joke) from one of his sermons:
 
 
             A young mom went to an "Organizing Your Life" class.  After hearing many organizing tips, she asked, "But how do you get your kids to help clean up? I have two young children, and it's usually easier to just clean up myself. That way, I know where their things are, and they get put away right. But I feel frustrated about that."

         

           Another woman in the class answered, "In our house, we use a 'Butler Box.' Whenever something is left lying around the house where it doesn't belong—even if it's car keys or a wallet—it gets put into a large, wooden box that we call the Butler Box. Then, if anyone is looking for something that's lost and finds it in the Butler Box, he can't just grab it out. He has to do five minutes of chores around the home to get the object back."

 

            The young mom said, "That's a great idea.  How old were your children when you started that?"

 

            The older gal answered, ""Children?" We don't have any children. This is for my husband."


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