A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were out for a Sunday
afternoon flight on a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane
developed engine trouble. In spite of the best efforts of the pilot the plane
started to go down. Finally the pilot grabbed a parachute, yelled to the
passengers that they had better jump, and bailed out. Unfortunately there were only
three parachutes remaining.

The doctor grabbed one and said “I’m a doctor, I
save lives, so I must live,” and jumped out.

The lawyer then said, “I’m the
smartest man in the world, I deserve to live!” He grabbed a parachute
and jumped.

The priest looked at the little boy and said, “My son, I’ve lived a
long and full life. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you.
Take the last parachute and live in peace”.

The little boy handed the
parachute back to the priest and said “Not to worry, Father. The
smartest man in the world just jumped out with my back pack.”

A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles,being naturally slow about things, took seven years to prepare for their outing. Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place for their outing. During the second year of their journey they found a ! place id eal for them at last! For about six months they cleaned up the area, unpacked the picnic basket, and completed the arrangements. Then they discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home. Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat until he returned. The family consented and the little turtle left. Three years
passed and the little turtle had not returned. Five years… six years… then on the seventh year of his absence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he was going to eat and begun to unwrap a sandwich. At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree shouting, “SEE! I knew you wouldn’t wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt.”

Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our
expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we
don’t do anything ourselves.

A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise and yelled over to the boy, “Hey Willis, forget your troubles. Come in and visit with us. I’ll help you get the wagon up later.”

“That’s mighty nice of you,” Willis answered, “but I don’t think Pa would like me to.”

“Aw come on boy,” the farmer insisted.

“Well okay,” the boy finally agreed, and added, “but Pa won’t like it.”

After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked his host. “I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset.”

“Don’t be foolish!” the neighbor said with a smile. “By the way, where is he?”

“Under the wagon.”