The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates.
St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder and gave them to the man.
The next man came up and St. Peter asked him, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man proudly proclaimed, "i have been a minister my whole life, had the largest congretion in the Southeastern part of the US., and televised to millions over T.V." St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Wooden shaft and a Wooden candle holder and gave them to the man.
The man, a bit shocked asked, "how is it that a taxi driver gets Gold and I only get Wood??"
St Peter replied, "i reviewed your years at the alter, and what I saw was so many people falling asleep in your church, and many more falling asleep while laying on their couch in front of their T.V's.
When I reviewed the other mans years of taxi cab driving, I saw he was a drunk and everyone that got in his cab started earnestly praying and calling out to the Lord as soon as he left the curb."
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" And what did we gain? A new life, with purpose, meaning and constant progress, and all the contentment and fulfillment that comes from such growth."
