trouble Tree EssieDotCom: How Do You Allow Your Daily Troubles to Affect You?
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 tan 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 for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again."
"Funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there ain't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."
Maybe we should all have a Trouble Tree.
Re: trouble Tree hardened_heart1970: id have to get a trouble forest.........
Re: trouble Tree in_search_of: I wanna plant my trouble tree next to my giving tree
*but seriously, this is such a great analogy, I love it!
Re: trouble Tree BigRunner493: that is awesome!! i love it!!
Re: trouble Tree EssieDotCom: this was in my email this morning, and I thought this would be a nice place to post it for sharing ;D although if i had to plant one I'd plant it next to my money tree LOL
