"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
~ Thornton Wilder

Greetings Dear Ones!

This was sent to me by a friend of mine.

A young man named John received a parrot as an early Christmas gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and shoved him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior".

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued............'May I inquire as to what the turkey did?'

Wishing you and yours a very happy and joyous Thanksgiving...

Many blessings,
Dr. Eric

P.S.  join me this Monday, December 1st for another tele-coaching call...on dating and relationships...ask me anything!!!!

Call in at 8:00PM eastern

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I'll "see" you there!

Eric  G. Schneider, D. Min.