THE OYSTER

There once was an oyster

Whose story I tell,

Who found that some sand

Had gotten into his shell.

It was only a grain,

But it gave him great pain,

For oysters have feelings

Although they're so plain.

Now, did he berate

The harsh workings of fate

That had brought him

To such a deplorable state?

Did he curse at the government,

Cry for election,

And claim that the sea should

Have given him protection?

"No," he said to himself

As he lay on a shell,

Since I cannot remove it,

I shall try to improve it.

Now the years have rolled around,

As the years always do,

And he came to his ultimate destiny ...

Stew!

And the small grain of sand

That had bothered him so

Was a beautiful pearl

All richly aglow.

Now the tale has a moral:

For isn't it grand

What an oyster can do

With a morsel of sand?

What couldn't we do

If we'd only begin

With some of the things

That get under our skin.

~ Author Unknown ~

Refusing Misery

Pain is inevitable for all of us,

but we have an option as to how we react to

the pain.  It is no fun to suffer, in fact

it can be awful.  We are all going to

have pain, but misery is optional.  We can decide

how we react to the pain that inevitably comes

to us all.

Borrowed from ......Barbara Johnson's Book

Stick a Geranium in Your Hat

and Be Happy

Scripture

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

You will revive me;

You will stretch out your hand

Against the wrath of my enemies,

And Your right hand will save me.

Psalm 138:7

I will mention the lovingkindness

of the Lord

And the praises of the Lord,

According to all that the Lord has

bestowed on us.

Isaiah 63:7a

What shall we say to these things? If God is

for us, who can be against us? He who did not

spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us

all, how shall He not with Him also freely give

us all things?

Romans 8:31-32

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