Once there was a little boy who wanted his dad to teach him
how to play catch. One sunny day the little boy’s father was
sitting on the couch, drinking a beer, while watching a baseball
game. The boy rushed into the house exclaiming, "Daddy,
Daddy, Daddy, show me how to play catch!"
The father, blankly staring at the television screen, replied, "In a
little while, Son, let me finish watching this inning. Come back
in five minutes."
"Okay, Daddy," said the boy and he ran out of the room.
Five minutes later, the boy returned screaming, "Daddy, let's go
play some catch now!"
The father turned to the boy and said, "Hold on, Son, the inning
is not quite over. Come back in five more minutes."
"Okay, Daddy," said the boy, as he shuffled out of the room.
Five minutes later the boy returned, ball and glove in hand,
eagerly awaiting for his father to play some catch. "Daddy, let's
go, I want to pretend I am a baseball star!" shouted the boy.
By this time, the father had cracked open another cold one and
another inning was taking place. Frustrated by the boy’s
constant hindrances, the dad scanned the room. While scanning
the room, the father noticed a magazine underneath the coffee
table. On the cover of the magazine was a large picture of the
world. The father, who was angered and annoyed, began
tearing the magazine cover into small pieces. After a few
moments of shredding up the magazine cover, the father placed
the torn pieces on the magazine. Then, the father turned to his
boy and said, "Son, once you put this picture of the world back
together we can play catch, but do not interrupt me again until
you are finished!"
Apprehensively, the boy took the magazine and sulked into his
room, as he sobbed, "Okay, Daddy I won’t." A few moments
later the boy returned and said, "I’m done, Daddy can we play
catch now?" Stunned, the father glanced towards his child, and
there in his small hands was the magazine with the world pieced
perfectly together. Amazed, the dad asked his child how he
put the world together so quickly.
"It was simple," stated the boy. "On the back of the world was
a picture of a person, and once I put the person together that’s
when the world came together."
Unknown
1.How do you try to fix the world before
fixing yourself?
2.Do you believe the world has given you a
lousy hand to play?
3.Do you believe that if you had more
money, a better car, or a better job that
you would have no problems?
4.When was the last time you turned inward
to take a look at yourself?