What did you see?
Taken from a book "365 Moments to Cherish" - Robert Strand
A midwestern family was struggling to make ends meet in the early days of the Depression. They were unable to afford any of the so-called luxuries of life. The father simply made enough to keep bread on the table and pay the rent on his house.
One day the news came to the community that a circus was coming to town and a ticket would cost $1.00. The little boy came running home from school excited and eager to get the money from his dad. His father, unable to provide that luxury, regretfully told his son that it would be impossible for him to attend the circus. However, he told the boy if he went out and worked on odd jobs he might make enough money so that he could purchase a ticket on his own. is father agreed that for every nickel he earned he would match it with a nickel. Having never been to the circus before, the little boy worked feverishly and hard to earn the money to buy a ticket.
A few days before the circus came to town the boy emptied his bank and found that he had raised enough money to pay for half of the ticket price. His father gave him the other 50 cents and the boy ran off downtown to buy his very own ticket to the first circus of his life.
Excitedly, he waited for a couple of days until the circus came to town, and eagerly clutching his ticket in hand, he rushed down to the clown, the elephants, all of the performers in the circus thrilled him as he watched them go by. A clown came dancing over to him and the boy put his ticket in the clown's hand. He eagerly stood there on the curb as the rest of the parade went by on its way to the circus tent.
The little boy rushed home after the parade was over and told his father that he had been to the circus and how much fun it was. The father, surprised that he was home already, asked the boy to describe the circus to him. The boy told him of the parade that went by the main street of town.
The father, with pity and loving care, lifted his son into his arms and said "Son, you didn't see the circus, all you saw was the parade."
This boy is typical of so many people. It's so easy to miss the real meaning of life. From the time when the Christmas catalog arrives, all many will see is the parade of the coming season and miss the real meaning of this celebration.
CELEBRATE FOR THE RIGHT REASON THIS SEASON :)
A midwestern family was struggling to make ends meet in the early days of the Depression. They were unable to afford any of the so-called luxuries of life. The father simply made enough to keep bread on the table and pay the rent on his house.
One day the news came to the community that a circus was coming to town and a ticket would cost $1.00. The little boy came running home from school excited and eager to get the money from his dad. His father, unable to provide that luxury, regretfully told his son that it would be impossible for him to attend the circus. However, he told the boy if he went out and worked on odd jobs he might make enough money so that he could purchase a ticket on his own. is father agreed that for every nickel he earned he would match it with a nickel. Having never been to the circus before, the little boy worked feverishly and hard to earn the money to buy a ticket.
A few days before the circus came to town the boy emptied his bank and found that he had raised enough money to pay for half of the ticket price. His father gave him the other 50 cents and the boy ran off downtown to buy his very own ticket to the first circus of his life.
Excitedly, he waited for a couple of days until the circus came to town, and eagerly clutching his ticket in hand, he rushed down to the clown, the elephants, all of the performers in the circus thrilled him as he watched them go by. A clown came dancing over to him and the boy put his ticket in the clown's hand. He eagerly stood there on the curb as the rest of the parade went by on its way to the circus tent.
The little boy rushed home after the parade was over and told his father that he had been to the circus and how much fun it was. The father, surprised that he was home already, asked the boy to describe the circus to him. The boy told him of the parade that went by the main street of town.
The father, with pity and loving care, lifted his son into his arms and said "Son, you didn't see the circus, all you saw was the parade."
This boy is typical of so many people. It's so easy to miss the real meaning of life. From the time when the Christmas catalog arrives, all many will see is the parade of the coming season and miss the real meaning of this celebration.
CELEBRATE FOR THE RIGHT REASON THIS SEASON :)
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