A distressed farmer was about to lose his farm, so he went to the bank to get a loan, and his old hound dog came along too. Now the banker was a hard, unsmiling man who have never heard the word compassion. So it came as no surprise that, despite the farmer’s pleading, and despite his perfect financial record, the banker said ‘No, absolutely no!’ to the loan.
No sooner had those words been spoken than the farmer’s old hound jumped up and bit that banker hard, on the leg. And then he bit one of the customers as well. The banker was astonished. “I can understand,” he said, “why your dog might bite me after I turned down your loan. But why did he bite that innocent bystander over there?”
“Aw that’s easy,” said the farmer. “He just needed to get the nasty taste out of his mouth.”
Consider This :
Imagine yourself in the position of the distressed farmer … Imagine yourself in the place of the insensitive banker … What do you feel? How would you have responded? Daily we encounter other people. Why not try on a daily basis, to give to the other the gift of transforming graciousness!
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