Jolie Rouge
10-28-2003, 10:38 PM
One woman describes herself as "five feet, three inches tall and pleasingly plump." After she had a minor accident, her mother accompanied her to the emergency room. The triage nurse asked for her height and weight, and she blurted out, "Five-foot-eight, 125 pounds."
While the nurse pondered over this information, the woman's mother
leaned over to her. "Sweetheart," she said gently, "this is not the
Internet."
The Internet is becoming known as a place where the truth is not
readily apparent. I've learned from the Internet that I have extremely
wealthy acquaintances in Africa that have enormous sums of money they
need to transfer out of the country. They literally contact me every
day! And if I will only help, they will gladly share a portion of
their bounty with me and I'll become an instant multi-millionaire!
Others promise me wealth beyond my wildest dreams if only I invest a
little in their new multi-level-marketing system. The Internet daily
reminds me that greed can lead to disaster; that not everybody has my
best interest in mind and I must be sensibly cautious.
But in most relationships, I would rather trust than shut others out.
I would rather be taken advantage of by a few than isolate myself from
everybody.
Ralph Waldo Emerson put it well: "Trust men and they will be true to
you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."
Children will more often live up your (and my) high expectations than
not. Friends and colleagues will generally show themselves to be
dependable. The world we live in is a good world, inhabited by good
people who can still be counted on.
Trust others and they will be true to you. Trust others and you will
discover that they'll trust you, too.
By Steve Goodier © 2003
While the nurse pondered over this information, the woman's mother
leaned over to her. "Sweetheart," she said gently, "this is not the
Internet."
The Internet is becoming known as a place where the truth is not
readily apparent. I've learned from the Internet that I have extremely
wealthy acquaintances in Africa that have enormous sums of money they
need to transfer out of the country. They literally contact me every
day! And if I will only help, they will gladly share a portion of
their bounty with me and I'll become an instant multi-millionaire!
Others promise me wealth beyond my wildest dreams if only I invest a
little in their new multi-level-marketing system. The Internet daily
reminds me that greed can lead to disaster; that not everybody has my
best interest in mind and I must be sensibly cautious.
But in most relationships, I would rather trust than shut others out.
I would rather be taken advantage of by a few than isolate myself from
everybody.
Ralph Waldo Emerson put it well: "Trust men and they will be true to
you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."
Children will more often live up your (and my) high expectations than
not. Friends and colleagues will generally show themselves to be
dependable. The world we live in is a good world, inhabited by good
people who can still be counted on.
Trust others and they will be true to you. Trust others and you will
discover that they'll trust you, too.
By Steve Goodier © 2003