The brighter side

With all the seriousness, anger and chaos around us, let’s look at life on the lighter side for a moment with some smiles:

Rodney Dangerfield comes to mind. He said his is old man gave him no respect. He asked him: How do I get my kite in the air? He told me to run off a cliff!. And this: Rodney went to a massage parlor. It was self-service. His luck with women was a good subject too. A girl phoned him and said: Come on over. There’s nobody home. He went over. Nobody was home.

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia aka “Dr. Love” told this one from his own experience: Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in the school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. Guess what, Mom, he shouted, and then said these words that will remain a lesson to me. I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer!

Phyllis Diller said: Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight. And this: Housework won’t kill you, but why take the chance? And Phyllis finally got a date with Burt Reynolds. She said: Burt once asked me out. I was in his room.

And a good ending story: A four-year old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly man who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went inot the old man’s yard, climbed into his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said: Nothing, I just helped him cry.

Bob McClellan

Polson, MT 59860