Not Everything Is As It Seems (standard:humor, 897 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Apr 25 2020	Views/Reads: 1156/830	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
One thing I have learned in life is never take anything for granted. When you do, things never seem to come out right.

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“So,” she said rather slowly, “you're not going to shave? Is that what
I'm hearing?” 

I knew I was joking, but I did not know if she knew that I was joking,
and therefore I did not know if I was joking. 

I was backed in a corner and needed to play this forward. "Yes, I'm not
going to shave until all of this is over. I'll grow a nice beard." Then 
I let out a hearty laugh. 

She then laughed. "This is how it will go," she explained, "if you don't
shave during the day, I will shave you at night when you're sleeping." 

In the middle of one of my laughs, I stopped and started to process what
she said. 

I looked at her, she looked at me, and I did not know what in the world
to think. Would she shave me while I was sleeping? 

All she did was smile one of “those smiles,” and started back watching
TV. 

I have lived long enough to know that there are many things I do not
know, and I was in a position where I did not know if what she was 
telling me was what she was going to do. 

In the following silence, I could not help but think of two Bible verses
by King Solomon. “Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine 
eyelids” (Proverbs 6:4). And, “Love not sleep, lest thou come to 
poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread” 
(Proverbs 20:13). 

One thing I have learned in life is never take anything for granted.
When you do, things never seem to come out right.


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