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Humour or a way of dealing with life's problems.

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I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he

had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tyre made him

lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton

truck refused to start.

While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he

invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he

paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with

both hands.

When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.. His

face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and

gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my

curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him

do earlier.

'Oh, that's my trouble tree,' he replied 'I know I can't help

having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles

don't belong in the house with my wife and the children.. So I just hang

them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take

care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.' 'Funny thing

is,' he smiled,' when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there

aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.

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Toci profile image
Toci

How beautiful! x

redted profile image
redted

I have heard of this before,perhaps we should all have a place to hang our troubles.

I wish I can do that like others would is there a tree for new lungs AAAAAA never mind one can hope

Jessy11 profile image
Jessy11

Kathiesue, that's a lovely story.

It actually reminded me of myself. I've always believed in doing exactly the same thing with my girls.

I've never burdened my daughters with my worries, either rightly or wrongly.

I always think I'm the Mum so I'm the one who does the worrying.

I expect there's many of you here who are exactly the same as me.

Wishing you a lovely Christmas & a Happy Healthy New Year 🎅🏻🎄🎁🎉🎈

in reply to Jessy11

Thank you, do the same (try) with my daughter. Have an enjoyable Christmas and a healthy 2016 Kaye x

joyce74 profile image
joyce74

That was lovely.

Magpuss profile image
Magpuss

If only every husband and wife did that the world be a happier place.

velvet55 profile image
velvet55

Hello kathiesue

What a lovely story

My tree has got smaller since l found this gang on here

Velvet xx 🎅🎅🎅🎅

Sheilab123 profile image
Sheilab123

What a lovely way of seeing things. Thank you Kathie xx

Lovely story,we could learn from 🙀

DaleyWaley profile image
DaleyWaley

Thank you

How wonderful and what a good idea. x

Lynda1952 profile image
Lynda1952

Hi Kathiesue, that is so beautiful xx

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