{"id":31854,"date":"2021-02-09T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=31854"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:58:35","slug":"pennies-dont-ride-on-the-sharks-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/pennies-dont-ride-on-the-sharks-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennies: DON\u2019T RIDE ON THE SHARKS BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Nancy Whitaker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith, trust; hope, confidence, love and attitude. These are all traits we all have, to an extent or should have. Sometimes  we feel like we have lost all of them. It is easy to feel hopeless, faithless, distrustful and unlovable. I know because I have some of those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I happened to be reading something the other day which made me stop and think. The stories are , \u201cOnce upon a time, there was a dry spell and  the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That\u2019s faith! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her.  That\u2019s trust! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next morning,but we still set our alarms to wake up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s hope! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We plan things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s confidence!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We see the world suffering, but we still get married. That\u2019s love!                         <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On an old man\u2019s shirt was written a cute sentence. \u201cI am not 60 years old. I am sweet 16 with 44 years of experience.  That\u2019s attitude.! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always say that I trust nobody but God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do recall, however, when men could shake hands and make a deal. There were no written contracts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even customer service reps on the phone, who speak with a foreign voice, makes me leary to give out a bank card number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust me …. yes I said \u201ctrust\u201d It just is not safe to hand out your personal details unless you are absolutely sure of whom you are speaking .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I get numerous calls telling me to send $50 and I could get a free trip to the Bahamas. But, do we really get anything free now-a days? M<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay. We all like to take a chance on buying a lottery ticket and hope to strike it rich. Now. I am not saying you won\u2019t win, but personally I would not spend any lottery money until I had it safely in my pocket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I know we should have faith, but there are just some things that even faith won\u2019t win for you. I remember my sweet old Mama. One time I went to Atlantic City gambling. (Yes I did) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I got  busy putting money in the one armed bandit and all of a sudden the bells started ringing, lights were blinking and everyone had their eyes on me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was scared to death, because I had won $700 and I think everyone in the casino knew I had won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I did not trust anyone, I went to my hotel room and stayed there until we flew out the next evening. I did not want to get robbed. I was also frightened on the airplane, because I thought everyone looked like the Mafia and was going to hold me down and take my winnings. (I guess I did not have much faith or trust at that time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well I made it home with my winnings and I gave my Mama some money to give to the church as tithes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was very happy to get the money for the church, but she went up to the platform and said, \u201cOh preacher. Pray over this money. It is dirty money because my daughter won it gambling\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, God must have listened to them, because the church was happy to receive the funds and did not seem to care where it came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids believe in Santa and they have faith and trust he will come and leave toys. In fact, they have so much faith, they even put out cookies and milk for him to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings to mind another story: There grew a big tree on the seashore. Half of its branches were over the land and the other half over the water. A little monkey lived in the tree. He played in the branches all day and when he was hungry, he ate the sweet fruit that grew in the tree. Now, in the sea there lived a shark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day the monkey threw some of the fruit into the sea. The shark ate it up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that day on the shark and the monkey were friends and the shark asked the monkey to throw some fruit down to him every day. (sneaky shark I sure would not have trusted him) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you, friend monkey,\u201d said the shark, \u201cI have only fish to eat in the sea and I like your fruit very much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monkey was so happy to be the sharks friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monkey looked down at the shark and listened. The Shark said, \u201cI want to show you my home. You will meet my brothers and sisters. You are so good to me that I think they will like you.\u201dThe Monkey thought a minute and said, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t want to go. Thank you. I am afraid of cold water. And I cannot swim. I shall be happier if I stay in my tree.\u201d \u201cOh, no, no!\u201d said the Shark. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid! Come with me. I shall carry you to my home on my back. I shall not swim very quickly.\u201d The Monkey thought, \u201cThe day is very hot. It will be nice on the water. I think I\u2019ll go.\u201d So the Monkey sat down on the Shark\u2019s back. And they went off. At first the Monkey did not like going on the Shark\u2019s back, because the Shark swam very quickly. But soon he liked it and looked at the new places and at the fish in the water. It was so interesting! \u201cDo you like the sea?\u201d asked the Shark. \u201cIs the sea better than your forest? \u201cYes, it is. How far must we go?\u201d asked the Monkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not very far,\u201d the Shark answered. \u201cAnd now I must tell you something. Our chief, the biggest shark in the sea, is very ill. Our doctor said to him, \u2018You must eat a monkey\u2019s heart. Then you will be well again.\u2019 So I am taking you to him and I am telling it to you, because you are my friend.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poor Monkey was ready to cry. But he did not cry. The Monkey thought of a plan to save himself. Then he said, \u201cHow silly you are! Why didn\u2019t you tell me that before? I have no heart with me. It is at home, in the branches of a big tree. We Monkeys always hide our hearts in the branches of big trees in the daytime. We take out hearts only at night. What will you do if your chief finds that I have no heart? How angry he will be? I am ready to give my heart to your chief, because I am your friend. But how can I do that when I have no heart with me?\u201d The Shark asked the Monkey, \u201cIf I take you back to your tree, will you go and get your heart?\u201d \u201cOf course, I will. And let us go quickly. Your dear chief must not wait!\u201d The Shark with the Monkey swam back very quickly. They came again to the big tree. The Monkey climbed up the tree saying, \u201cWait for me! Wait for me! I\u2019ll take my heart!\u201d But the monkey did not come back. The Shark was swimming and swimming in the water under the tree. Then he shouted, \u201cFriend Monkey, where are you?\u201d There was no answer. The shark thought, \u201cI am afraid he can\u2019t find the heart in the branches!\u201d The shark waited and waited for the monkey. Then he shouted again, \u201cMonkey? Monkey? When will you come back to me?\u201d Again there was no answer. Then the monkey began to laugh. \u201cDo you think I am a fool?\u201d asked the little Monkey. \u201cDo you think I want to give my heart to your big bad chief and then die?\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you said your heart was in the branches of the tree,\u201d said the silly Shark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy heart is in its place in my body. It is always there!\u201d shouted the Monkey. \u201cAnd you go away! We are not friends any more!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with these words the clever Monkey threw a big rotten fruit on the Shark\u2019s nose. Well,the monkey seemed to trust the shark at first, but then lost all faith in him when he found out they wanted to eat his heart.  Here is a few  quotes about trust: It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.\u201d –Warren Buffett \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe glue that holds all relationships together–including the relationship between the leader and the led–is trust, and trust is based on integrity.\u201d –Brian Tracy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust is like blood pressure. It\u2019s silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly.\u201d \u201cJust trust yourself, then you will know how to live.\u201d –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.\u201d –Eric Sevareid\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes two to do the trust tango–the one who risks (the trustor) and the one who is trustworthy (the trustee); each must play their role. –Charles H. Green, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trusted Advisor said \u201cThe leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say \u2018I.\u2019 And that\u2019s not because they have trained themselves not to say \u2018I.\u2019 They don\u2019t think \u2018I.\u2019 They think \u2018we\u2019; they think \u2018team.\u2019 They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don\u2019t sidestep it, but \u2018we\u2019 gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.\u201d –Peter Drucker, author of Managing for the Future<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.\u201d –Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe there are a lot of honest people, but I still need to work on  trusting people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever done business with a handshake? Won the lottery or rode on a sharks back? Let me know and I\u2019ll give you a Penny for your thoughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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