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November 15 Barbers dont exist!It's midnight, me bored, so me blog! This has to be one of the best examples I've read for an answer to that ever famous question 'If God does exist, why do bad things happen?'. Any christian have probably been asked that question, and any non-christians have probably asked that (not saying all though). So please, read to the end and leave me a comment telling me what you think, whatever that may be!
Barbers Dont Exist:
A man walks in to the barber's one day to get his hair cut and beard trimmed. The barber he had seemed like a rather friendly guy, so they got chatting about a range of different topics. When the conversationfound it's way to the topic of God, the barber said,
"No, God isn't real."
The man then replied asking "how can you say that so surely?"
To which the barber replied, "one just has to walk down the street to see that God isn't real. You see homeless people, shops selling pornography, youth acting inapropriately, people comiting crimes, sometimes even a major car crash. If god did exist, then he certainly wouldn't allow all this stuff to happen!"
At this, the man went quiet, not wanting to get in an argument. The rest of the time there was little conversation, however after the man had paid, he walked outside to see a dirty man leaning against the wall, his hair was wild and frizzy and he's beard was matted and terribly untidy.
After looking at this man, he walked back into the barber's shop and said to the barber "you know what, barbers don't exist!"
The barber was stunned. "how can you say that?" he replied, "you are right here in my shop, you see me standing here, and you just paid me to cut your hair, so how can you now say barbers do not exist?"
The man replied "as I left your store i saw a man sitting on the sidewalk with very untidy hair, it looked like it hasn't had a trim in years and his beard was twisted and tangled and long. If barbers existed, this would never be allowed to happen!"
The barber said "ahh, but that's different. I am here, but people do not come to me, so i can not help them."
"Exactly" the man replied, "God does exist, but people just do not come to him and call on him for help. They'd rather go about there own ways, just like the man who'd rather leave his beard to grow untidy." And with that he walked out. November 10 The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of CoffeeOk all, it's 2a.m. and i've got a bunch of questions to do by tomorrow for psych. i started at 10p.m. with 38 questions to do, each quetsion minimum of one paragraph long, and i'm now up to number 15. i read the next to questions and both are worth 15 marks, which mean roughly one pageof writing each, so in my books, that warrants me having a break! So, during my break i was checking through my old emails and i found this one, which i thought sounded quite blog worthy so, here it is!...
The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes." The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. "Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, the one you love, your children, your health, your friends, your god and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else---the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. "Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Pray to god for help. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand." One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend." there you go, hope you liked it, i thought it was quite amusing.. and true! so anyway, on that note, i'm gonna go get me some coffee and go back to my beloved psychology homework (all who know me could probably literaly hear the sarcasm right there!) bye all! November 01 20 things to do at a drive thru1. Drive through the drive-thru in reverse and let your passenger order.
2. Ask the price of almost everything on the menu and then order something that you didn't ask the price for. |
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