The famous British author Somerset Maugham liked to tell this story about a young priest of St. Peter’s Church in London, who after discovering that the church’s janitor was illiterate, fired him. Jobless, the man invested his meager savings in a tiny tobacco shop where he immediately prospered. He then bought another shop, then another,
A mouse who lived near a farmhouse saw the farmer set a mousetrap one day. Terrified, he ran outside shouting, “Help! Help! There’s a mousetrap in the house!” The chicken didn’t care. “I never go into the house, so why should I worry?” The lamb said, “It’s not my concern.” The cow said, “There’s nothing
Jack Roy aspired to be a professional comedian. However, audiences didn’t find him funny. He was even fired as a singing waiter and gave up show business, taking a job selling aluminum siding to support his wife and family. At age 40, he decided to give comedy another try, realizing that he lacked an on-stage
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