WISHING YOU WERE SOMEBODY ELSE

Friday, July 10, 2009

Never wish you were somebody else.

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day, while his wife stayed at home. He wanted her to see what he went through at work, so he asked the Lord to allow her body to switch with his for a day.

The next morning the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, woke up the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills, and balanced the checkbook. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog.

His day continued on from one task to another until late that night he was exhausted and went to bed, where he was expected to have sex, which he managed to get through also without complaint.

The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and prayed: "Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back."

The Lord, in His infinite wisdom replied: "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson, and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll just have to wait nine months, though, because last night--you got pregnant."

So much for trading places!


(Taken and adapted from The Power to Change Today by Gregory Dickow. Scroll down to read my review of the book and a chance to win a copy.)