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Contentment
Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017 (message contributor)
Two old friends met each other on the street one day. One looked sad and almost on the verge of tears. His friend asked, “What has happened to you, my old friend?”
The sad fellow said, “Let me tell you. Three weeks ago, my uncle died and left me forty thousand dollars.”
“That’s a lot of money,” said his friend.
“But you see,” the sad man continued, “two weeks ago, a cousin I never knew died, and left me eighty-five thousand dollars, free and clear.”
The friend replied, “That sounds like you have been very blessed.”
“You don’t understand!” the sad fellow interrupted. “Last week my great-aunt passed away. I inherited almost a quarter of a million from her.”
The friend was really confused and said, “Then, why are you so sad?”
“This week I didn’t get anything!”
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