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hi all At 16:42 1999/11/17 -0200, the other jp wrote: >Friends, as long religions have been the theme >lately for so much arguing here is a related >little story :-) >--... >Brother John entered the 'Monastery of Silence' and the abbot said, >"Brother, this is a silent monastery, you are welcome here as long >as you like, but you may not speak until I direct you to do so." >Brother John lived in the monastery for a full year before the >abbot said to him: >"Brother John, you have been here a year now, you may speak two words." >"Hard Bed." said Brother John. >"I'm sorry to hear that" the abbot said. "We will get you a better bed." >The next year, Brother John was called by the abbot. >"You may say another two words Brother John." >"Cold Food." said Brother John, and the abbot assured him that >the food would be better in the future. ?On his third anniversary at the monastery, the abbot again called >Brother John into his office. "Two words you may say today." >"I Quit." said Brother John. >"It is probably best." said the abbot. >"All you have done since you got here is complain." i had to LOL! and i'm still grinning! i've been mulling in general about complaining that i have done in the past i think it's part of that insidious negative framework seeing only what is 'wrong' or *not* working and seeing only what is *not* being done by those who *should* be fixing it and taking action *only* in a verbal complaining sense snap a different lens into the viewer and ta-dah! seeing what *is* working *and* what *is not* working seeing the reasons *why* in both situations *participating* in the repair work janet who needs new bifocal glasses maybe with silver frames janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset e-mail - [log in to unmask] web-site - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/