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most communicative diseases!
One bright morning he exclaimed, "Look at the beautiful sky! Did
you ever see such a glorious sunrise?"
"Yeah," she countered. "It'll probably get so hot the crops will
scorch!"
During an afternoon shower, he commented, "Isn't this wonderful?
Mother Nature is giving the corn a drink today!"
"And if it doesn't stop before too long," came the sour reply,
"we'll wish we'd taken out flood insurance on the crops!" And so
it went.
Convinced that he could instill some awe and wonder in this
hardened woman, he bought a remarkable dog. Not just any mutt,
but the most expensive, highly trained and gifted dog he could
find. The animal was exquisite! It could perform remarkable and
impossible feats which, the farmer thought, would surely amaze
even his neighbor. So he invited her to watch his dog perform.
"Fetch!" he commanded, as he tossed a stick into a lake, where it
bobbed up and down in the rippling water. The dog bounded after
the stick, walked ON the water, and retrieved it.
"What do you think of that?" he asked, smiling.
"Hmmm," she frowned. "Can't swim, can he?"
I believe that attitudes are the world's most communicative
diseases. They can be as catching as any known virus. And when
negative and cynical, they can be just as deadly.
There is a story in circulation about an optimistic farmer who
couldn't wait to greet each new day with a resounding, "Good
morning, God!" He lived near a woman whose morning greeting was
more like, "Good God. Morning?" They were each a trial to the
other. Where he saw opportunity, she saw problems. What brought
him satisfaction, brought her discontentment.