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Thanksgiving Spokesparrot
One Grateful Bird!
Thanksgiving
My annual holiday lesson about
the power of words and the relationship of cause and effect...
Attitude
of Gratitude
A young man named John received a
parrot as a gift. The parrot
had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the
bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious, and laced with profanity.
John
tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying
only polite words, playing soft music, and anything else he could think
of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was
fed up, and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook
the parrot, and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in
desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird, and put him in the
freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked
and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard
for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly
opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped
out onto John's outstretched arms and said, "I believe I may have
offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely
remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do
everything I can to correct
my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John
was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. He was about to ask
the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, when
the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
[author unknown]
Happy Thanksgiving!
The
Gratitude Call
One of the most
compelling teaching calls
in the
Feel Free to Prosper Library
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