An interesting thought from another list... One Saturday a father was put in charge of babysitting his five-year-old son. The father had "double duty" because he was also trying to fill out his income tax form. As young children will do, the son kept interrupting his father, making it impossible for the father to fill out his tax form. However, the father had raised his son's older siblings and knew that if he could engage his son in some purposeful activity, he could finish his taxes. The father looked through a magazine and found a picture of the world. He took a pair of scissors and cut it into lots of little pieces, then he gave his son the puzzle pieces and told him to put it together. Impressed with his own resourcefulness, the father returned to his tax preparation. Five minutes later his son came skipping into the room again. "Daddy, daddy, come and see. I've put the puzzle together." Surprised and somewhat irritated at such a short interval of peace and quiet, the father was astounded by his son's claim that he had completed the puzzle in such a short time. If it was true, surely his son must be agenius! He took his son's hand and went into the next room to see the puzzle. Sure enough, it was correctly assembled. "Son, how did you put this map of the world together so quickly?" "Oh daddy, I didn't put the world together; it was too hard. But, I noticed there was a picture of a man on the back side. I figured if I put the man together right....then the world would come out right too." **** What do you think? If we build the boy properly (through Rangers, kid's chapel, sunday school, etc.), the world will come out better. In His Service, Allen R. Cook - Cookie Royal Rangers Senior Commander Belton A/G -- Belton, Missouri e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http:\\www.sound.net\~pabonim\index.htm ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
