Humor that packs a punch!
The differences between Prison and Work!!
IN PRISON.....You spend the majority of your time in an 8 x 10 cell.
AT WORK......You spend most of your time in a 6 x 8 cubicle.
IN PRISON.....You get three meals a day.
AT WORK......You get a break for 1 meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON.....You get time off for good behavior.
AT WORK......You get rewarded for good behavior with more work.
IN PRISON.....A guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK......You must carry around a security card and unlock and open all the doors yourself.
IN PRISON.....You can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK......You get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON.....You get your own toilet.
AT WORK......You have to share.
IN PRISON.....They allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK......You cannot even speak to your family and friends.
IN PRISON.....All expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required.
AT WORK......You pay all the expenses to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prison building.
IN PRISON.....You spend most of your life looking through bars from inside wanting to get out.
AT WORK......You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go visit bars.
IN PRISON.....There are wardens who are often sadistic.
AT WORK......They are called supervisors.
IN PRISON.....You have unlimited time to read e-mail jokes.
AT WORK......You get fired if you get caught.
With a homebased business we give workers the key to break free from their prison.
The Bridge
Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side-by-side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed, without a hitch.
Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding, and it grew into a major difference, and finally, it exploded into an exchange of bitter words, followed by weeks of silence.
One morning, there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox.
"I'm looking for a few days' work," he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?"
"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor. In fact, it's my younger brother! Last week, there was a meadow between us. He recently took his bulldozer to the river levee, and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll do him one better. See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a fence.
An 8-foot fence -so I won't need to see his place, or his face, anymore."
The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails, and the post-hole digger, and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."
The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day-- measuring, sawing, and nailing. About sunset, when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.
The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge...a bridge that stretched from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, with handrails, and all!
And, the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them, his hand outstretched... "You are quite a fellow to build this bridge, after all I've said and done."
The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox onto his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days.
I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother.
"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but I have many more bridges to build. Just remember this."
1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove, but He'll ask how many people you helped get where they needed to go.
2. God won't ask the square footage of your house, but He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
3. God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, but he'll ask how many you helped to clothe.
4. God won't ask how many friends you had, but He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
5. God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, but He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
6. God won't ask about the color of your skin, but He'll ask about the content of your character.
7. God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation, but He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.
