Humor helps…

Zig Ziglar in his book: You Can Reach the Top, tells the following story…

Little Johnny was a “pistol.” One Friday afternoon his teacher said to the class, “Students, if any of you have an unusual event take place this week-end, please remember it and tell us about it on Monday morning.”

On Monday morning, Little Johnny sat at his desk, quivering with excitement.  The teacher said, “Johnny, it looks like something exciting happened for you over the weekend.”

With enthusiasm, Johnny said, “Me and my daddy went fishin’ and caught seventy-five catfish, and they all weighed seventy-five pounds.” The teacher said, “Now, Johnny, you know that simply did not happen.” Johnny replied, “Yes, Ma’am, it did!”

“Now, Johnny, if I were to tell you that on the way to school this morning all of a sudden a big, grizzly bear appeared in front of me and was about to grab me when suddenly a little yellow dog appeared out of nowhere, jumped up, grabbed the grizzly bear by the nose, broke his neck and killed him dead, now Johnny, would you believe that?”

Johnny cheerfully replied, “Yes, Ma’am, I sure would! As a matter of fact, that’s my dog!”

Our imagination brings creative solutions to many problems, so let’s encourage our kids to use their creative imaginations in life. 

I’m not sure the application for that story…but I can’t help but root for little Johnny 🙂