The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start.
While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.
When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied."I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again."
He paused. "Funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there ain't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."
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My Hearfelt Appreciation and Thanks all of you who made things easier professionally and more acceptable personally.
Thank you all for nominating me FMOTD.
Being a newbie and not tech saavy, I continue to have set-backs (I try not to use the word problem since I found my mind kind of shuts itself off every time it hears/recognizes a 'problem' but remains open in any situation or set-back. That I may overcome these hurdles I simply 'rename' 'problem/s') but the best consolation (professionally) I have is IBO. Like the 'trouble tree' in our little story I have come to depend on it so much that I sometimes need to restrain myself from overburdening this platform and its members, whom I've come to respect and admire, from any information or post that may be considered below par.
With all the help and assistance I have received, the day is not far when I too will be a 'Trouble Tree'
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