Always Look at The Good Side

I heard the story told recently about a king in Africa who had a close friend that he grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!”

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!”. To which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and proceeded to send his friend to jail.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took them to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake.

As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So untying the king they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. “You were right” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened. “And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”

No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”

What do you mean, ‘this is good’! How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year.”

“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you.”

TRIVIA TIME: Amazing Brain Fun Facts!

- Aristotle believed the main purpose of the human brain was to cool the blood.

- Beethoven poured ice water over his head when he sat down to create music, believing it stimulated his brain.

- Ancient Egyptians regarded the heart as the center of intelligence and emotion. They believed the brain had no significance. Therefore, in their important ritual of mummification, the brain was extracted through the nose and discarded.

- The thumb is so important to everyday human functioning that it has its own “central control” area in the brain.

- Believe It or Not, Your Brain: ... is capable of recording over 86 million bits of information daily ... is composed of more than 30 billion working parts ... undergoes 100,000 chemical reactions every second ... generates more electrical impulses than all the telephones in the world combined ... and its nerve impulses can travel as fast as 170 miles per hour!

Impressive, isn’t it? Are You God’s Wife?