Yesterday, after a very busy day of intense activity with business and home I finally decided I’d sit down, prop my feet up and watch a television movie. The story was about an angry young person, confused and frustrated with life yet through tears, pain and various challenges, emerged victorious and more mature from the process of it all.
After watching the film a memory of a personal moment many years ago popped up on my mind’s screen and I thought I would share it with you. It’s about a chicken and a garbage can.
I had just turned 20 years old, was a single mom and having a very rough time, especially financially. Those were the days when there wasn’t very much money to buy food. I was lucky if I had 25 cents a day to spend for a meal. Full of pride I wouldn’t let anyone know how very bad it was. However, I had two very special friends. A mother and daughter, who like guardian angels, helped me in so many ways. Emma, the mother had known extremely hard times in her life and intuitively knew just what was needed. She and her daughter Betty frequently came to visit bringing food (Emma just happened to fix too much and it wouldn’t keep), and various items for me and my baby they thought might come in handy.
This one particular day they visited Emma brought a freshly roasted chicken along with other homemade goodies and lots of other items. We had a wonderful visit, as always, and then they left for home. After they left the first place I headed for was the refrigerator to have some of that roasted chicken that Emma had brought. I was so hungry I was sure I could eat the whole bird. I open the frig – no chicken! “That can’t be”, I thought, “Where did it go?” Believe me, I searched my tiny kitchen, checking everywhere. No chicken!
My stomach was growling and my taste buds hungered for that roasted bird. Then I had a thought, “The trash…it must have gone out in the paper bags by accident!” I ran down to the garage and was ready to lift the lid off of the garbage can when I stopped myself. “No! I will not dig through garbage for that chicken. I’m hungry but not that hungry.” I went back to my apartment determining that no matter how hungry I got I would never dig through garbage for food. To this day I have no idea what happened to that chicken however, the lesson learned has stayed with me all of my life.
Now, this may sound like a silly story but in a split second I set a standard for myself. I am sharing this story because each of us have moments of difficulty, frustration and confusion. Life sometimes does a tap dance on our dreams and hearts that can hurt deeply. However, it is up to us to realize whether we’re going to dig through garbage or keep the lid on and stand with clarity holding true to our higher expectations and standards.
Spring has arrived sharing her rich bounty of beauty, color, style and hope. She sends us messages each day of the abundance that life and nature have to share with each of us. Today is the day you are living. Remember, it only takes a moment to change a life; a moment of choice entirely yours to create the next step of your life. What are your choices? What will they be and how will you choose your destiny? Only you will know when that moment comes, so keep the lid on the garbage and reach only for the finest and the best.

A farmer walked into an attorney’s office wanting to file for a divorce. The attorney asked, “May I help you?” The farmer said, “Yea, I want to get one of those dayvorce’s.”

The attorney asked, “Well, do you have any grounds?” The farmer said, “Yea, I got about 140 acres.”

The attorney said, “No, you don’t understand, do you have a case?” The farmer said, “No, I don’t have a case, but I have a John Deere.”

The attorney said, No, you don’t understand, I mean do you have a grudge?” The farmer said, “Yea, I got a grudge, that’s where I park my John Deere.”

The attorney getting a little exasperated tried again. “No sir, I mean do you have a suit?” The farmer said, “Yeas sir, I got me a suit. I wear that to church on Sundays.”

Becoming a bit more stressed, the attorney asked, “Well sir, does your wife beat you up or anything?” The farmer said, “No sir, we both get up about 4:30.

Finally, the attorney couldn’t handle much more of this he asks, “Okay, let me put it this way. WHY DO YOU WANT A DIVORCE!”

The farmer sayis, “Well, I can never have a meaningful conversation with her.”

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