Overlooking the Obvious
A woman bought a parrot to keep her company. She returned to the pet store the next day with a complaint: "This bird you sold me won't talk." The pet store manager said, "Does he have a mirror in his cage? Parrots love mirrors. They see their reflection and they start up a conversation." So she bought a mirror and went home.
A couple of days later she was back. The bird still wasn't talking. "How about a ladder?" the manager asked. "A ladder will make your parrot happy, and a happy parrot is more likely to talk." She bought the ladder and left.
Two days later she returned. The bird still hadn't said anything. The store manager thought for a minute and said, "How about a swing? All parrots need a swing. A swing will loosen him up, and he'll be talking in no time." The woman reluctantly bought the swing and left. She was back the next day, looking forlorn. "My parrot died," she said.
"That's terrible," the manager said. "Did he ever say a word?" "Yes," the woman said, "Right before he died he said, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet store?'"
Funny story, but aren't we all like that? We try so hard to get the things we want in so many different ways, and yet we keep overlooking the simplest, most obvious solutions.
What is it you are trying to accomplish and yet you are overlooking the obvious? Sometime you just need to return to square one, to the basic and you will find that the simple solution was there all along.
But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Luke 10:41-42
A couple of days later she was back. The bird still wasn't talking. "How about a ladder?" the manager asked. "A ladder will make your parrot happy, and a happy parrot is more likely to talk." She bought the ladder and left.
Two days later she returned. The bird still hadn't said anything. The store manager thought for a minute and said, "How about a swing? All parrots need a swing. A swing will loosen him up, and he'll be talking in no time." The woman reluctantly bought the swing and left. She was back the next day, looking forlorn. "My parrot died," she said.
"That's terrible," the manager said. "Did he ever say a word?" "Yes," the woman said, "Right before he died he said, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet store?'"
Funny story, but aren't we all like that? We try so hard to get the things we want in so many different ways, and yet we keep overlooking the simplest, most obvious solutions.
What is it you are trying to accomplish and yet you are overlooking the obvious? Sometime you just need to return to square one, to the basic and you will find that the simple solution was there all along.
But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Luke 10:41-42