AM I FOREVER TRAPPED?
I LIVE IN THE RIGHT HOUSE!
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
WHAT IS LIFE? HOW DID I GET HERE?
John 16:33 (MSG) I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable
and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience
difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."
John 16:33 (KJV) These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.
There was a story in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE about a man named
EDWARD GREER. Ed was a very successful man at HUGHES AIRCRAFT
in El Segundo, California.
He seemed to always feel pressure from his boss, his wife and his father.
He grew bitterness and hatred for his life.
ED SEEMED TO BE THE MOST MISERABLE MAN ON EARTH.
Ed told those that worked with him:
NEVER BECOME TOO GOOD AT SOMETHING THAT YOU HATE.
THEY WILL MAKE YOU DO IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!
Ed made an easy decision for him:
On September 10,1981 Ed secretly purchased a one way ticket to
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He lived as a beach bum with no pressure
at all. For spending money he would fix boat engines. He got up when he
wanted and soon he found himself tired of this lifestyle.
Ed moved to TEXAS and assumed another person's identity. Finally he
found himself in the Houston area and started working for a small oil exploration
company.
Ed's wife divorced him absentia. His children never knew him.
Some YUPPIES that felt trapped by CORPORATE AMERICA had a fantasy
idea of Greer's choices.
In October, 1988--- 7 years after Greer abandoned his family and his job,
THE FBI FOUND ED UNDER HIS ASSUMED NAME.
GREER told the agents:
I GOT SICK OF LIFE AND I FELT TRAPPED. I HATED MY LIFE!
TODAY LIFE IS NOT LIKE THE OLD CROCK POT-slow cooker.
TODAY IS LIKE A PRESSURE COOKER --- fast and furious.
I just want to win the lottery and run away.
STOP THIS WORLD AND LET ME OFF?
GOD HAS A BETTER IDEA...
LIFE CAN BE STRIFE, PRESSURE, BITTERNESS, FUSSING & FIGHTING?
OR LIFE CAN BE FULL OF JOY, PEACE, HOPE ---
DO WE ACCEPT DYSFUNCTIONAL AS THE NORM?
HAS COMPLAINING, FUSSING AND ARGUMENTIVE LIFE STYLES BECOME
ACCEPTABLE?
HAVE WE DEVELOPED POOR AND UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES
WITHIN OUR HOMES? We seem to become unable to function in the proper way.
ARE WE ALLOWING ABNORMAL AND UNHEALTHY BEHAVIOR TO SLOWLY
AND GRADUALLY CREEP IN OUR HOMES?
The family is under great attack.
We are so angry and bitter and we refuse to see THE TRAPS SET BEFORE US.
We head toward destruction at 1440 minutes a day.
ARE WE SO TRAPPED WE REFUSE TO CHANGE?
LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES...
Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that
both thou and thy seed may live:
BAD ATTITUDES AND MEAN WORDS... ????
WE ARE GROWING FROZEN COMMUNICATION LINES AND WE REFUSE
TO LISTEN TO THE OTHERS... WE SCREAM AND SHOUT AND WE GRADUALLY
PUSH AWAY ALL THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE...
DO YOU LIVE IN THE "RIGHT HOUSE?" "THE RIGHT FAMILY?"
I AM RIGHT! YOU ARE WRONG!
I AM NOT CORRECTABLE?
I AM NOT SORRY --- YOU ARE THE SORRY ONE...
Genesis 37:4 (KJV) And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his
brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Genesis 37:4 (NLT) But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more
than the rest of them. They couldn't say a kind word to him.
JOSEPH WAS WRONG IN HIS ARROGANT ATTITUDES!
MOM (RACHEL) AND DAD (ISRAEL) ARE WRONG!
THE 10 BROTHERS ARE WRONG AND JEALOUS...
Why is it we TEND TO BLAME OTHERS ---
YOU CAN NEVER CORRECT WHAT YOU REFUSE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP.
IT IS MY EX's FAULT...
I NEVER HAD ANY THING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEMS?
THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S FAULT?
THIS IS THE PARENTS FAULT?
THIS IS THE SCHOOL'S FAULT?
THIS IS THE CHURCH'S FAULT?
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!!~!!!
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE PEDIGREE CAT THAT BELONGED TO THE
BILLIONAIRE THAT LIVE IN THE MANSION IN THE GATED COMMUNITY?
There was a most beautiful cat you had ever seen.
This cat's Mom and Dad were WORLD CLASS RECOGNIZED.
The papers this cat carried would impress anyone.
This fancy cat was purchased for a large some of money and saw the
VET once a month. This cat drank out of expensive crystal and had the best
purified water money could buy.
This cat had the caviar, tuna, steak or anything the cat demanded.
If the cat did not like what the servant served, he would raise up his nose
and they would bring something different.
The cat lived in the idea climate. The heat would keep it warm in the winter.
The air conditioners keep the cat cool in the summer.
THE OWNER WOULD SIT BEFORE THE FIREPLACE AND PET THE CAT
AS IT LAID ON A VERY EXPENSIVE PILLOW.
THE CAT WOULD GET SO ANGRY AT THE OWNER...
THE CAT SAID THE OWNER RUBBED HIM THE WRONG WAY.
HOUR AFTER HOUR THAT DUMB OWNER WOULD RUB THE PEDIGREE
CAT THE WRONG WAY. The cat grew very tired of that stupid owner.
WHY DOES HE NOT KNOW BETTER? HE DELIBERATELY RUBS ME THE
WRONG WAY.
Finally after many months of this "RUBBING THE WRONG WAY" the cat made
a decision. The next time I catch that door open I AM GOING TO RUN AWAY.
I WILL SHOW MY DUMB OWNER SOMETHING!
One morning the FED-EX driver made a large delivery and the door was open.
The pedigree cat made a mad dash OUT THE DOOR and down the hill he ran.
A few blocks from home a big bulldog tried to kill the cat. Wow!
The cat thought that dog doesn't know who I am? The cat ran and ran.
Several times the horns of passing cars would scare the cat, and he ran.
Finally the cat was miles from home and he was hungry for the first time
in his life. The cat felt something under his hair, it was fleas...
Ouch that hurt! What is this creature the cat said?
The old alley cat said that is a tick and he will suck your blood?
The pedigree cat said: WHERE DO THEY SERVE FOOD?
The alley cat jumped up on a garbage can and said COME AND GET IT!
The pedigree cat jumped on the garbage can and the smells were rotten.
Old alley cat said:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE MANSION?
THE PEDIGREE CAT SAID: I HAD TO LEAVE! THAT MEAN OLD MASTER
RUBBED ME THE WRONG WAY! I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE!
The old alley cat scratch away some fleas and said:
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO LEAVE ---
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TURN AROUND!
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TURN AROUND...???
Pedigree said: NO, SIR... MY OWNER SHOULD HAVE RUBBED ME
THE RIGHT WAY.
Street wise alley cat just looked at the dirty, miserable, flea-ridden pedigree
cat and said: IT IS ALL ABOUT CHOICES.
After several weeks of living on the streets the PEDIGREE CAT DECIDED
I THINK I WILL GO HOME...
As the cat ran across the road, a city bus hit him, as he was dying he said:
HE RUBBED ME THE WRONG WAY...
CONCLUSIOIN: LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES. YOU DECIDE.
Is this the hill I want to die on? Have I destroyed all the communication lines
in my family and at work. DO YOU HONESTLY THINK DIVORCE WILL
SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS? Do you think you can run away and everything
will be better? Why not listen? Why not say: I am sorry.
Are you right? Do you want to be dead right?
Do you go to bed mad? Do you get up mad? Are you pushing the answers away?
MAYBE TRY UNDERSTANDING?
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
