For whom the school bells toll (standard:Inspirational stories, 914 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 23 2010	Views/Reads: 3285/2233	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
On Monday last there was a confusing cacophony swirling all around me. Usually, I'm not one to give vent to the noises around me but this was a little different. I like to pick sides but this time I'm not sure who to root for. Perhaps you can understand t

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I have an irrevocable contract with my stomach. I will never put into my
stomach anything that does not pass the sniff test. Broccoli doesn't, 
so I haven't. 

After all these years there is no way that my wife and I will ever agree
in this area. Like parents and children on the first day of school, we 
have a different reaction to the same thing. 

What has held us together all these years is simply this; she eats the
broccoli and I eat the Apple fritters. She does not force her broccoli 
on me, and I do not force my Apple fritters on her. 

We never encroach on the other's happiness, which has made both of us
quite happy. 

One of the things that I have learned at a happily married husband is
that there is a time and place for everything. There is a time to speak 
up... but that is rather rare. Knowing when to shut up is a gem of 
inestimable worth in a marriage relationship. 

The Bible says, "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted
wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding" 
(Proverbs 17:28). 

It is better to keep quiet and let people guess if you are stupid than
to say something and remove all doubt. 


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