ihurttoo
05-14-2006, 11:51 AM
I read this recently, and thought it had a great message. Hope you like it too!
A certain man always had trouble with his neighbors. They were all very unpleasant people, and no one got along with him. One day, he just decided that he was sick of being around those people, so he decided to move to a new town. He saw a house for sale in a different town. So, he went to take a look at it. Liking the house, he stopped by the store nearest it, and asked the shopkeeper, "Tell me how are the people around here?" The shopkeeper asked, "Well, how are they where you are from?" The man replied that the people were all hateful, demanding, unfriendly, and quarrelsome, and that he was moving to get away from those kinds of people. The shopkeeper responded, "Gosh, I hate to hear that, but you probobly wont be happy here either, because they are the same way here!" So, the man moved on.
About an hour or so later, another man entered the same store, after looking at the same house for sale. He also asked the shopkeeper about the people. Once again, the shopkeeper responded, "Well, how are they where you are from?" The man said, "Oh, they are wonderful! The kindest, friendliest people you would ever hope to meet! I really hate to leave them, I have never encountered a better bunch of people!" The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I am sure you will be very happy here, because the people here are the exact same way! They are just as you described!"
A certain man always had trouble with his neighbors. They were all very unpleasant people, and no one got along with him. One day, he just decided that he was sick of being around those people, so he decided to move to a new town. He saw a house for sale in a different town. So, he went to take a look at it. Liking the house, he stopped by the store nearest it, and asked the shopkeeper, "Tell me how are the people around here?" The shopkeeper asked, "Well, how are they where you are from?" The man replied that the people were all hateful, demanding, unfriendly, and quarrelsome, and that he was moving to get away from those kinds of people. The shopkeeper responded, "Gosh, I hate to hear that, but you probobly wont be happy here either, because they are the same way here!" So, the man moved on.
About an hour or so later, another man entered the same store, after looking at the same house for sale. He also asked the shopkeeper about the people. Once again, the shopkeeper responded, "Well, how are they where you are from?" The man said, "Oh, they are wonderful! The kindest, friendliest people you would ever hope to meet! I really hate to leave them, I have never encountered a better bunch of people!" The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I am sure you will be very happy here, because the people here are the exact same way! They are just as you described!"