Hmm…I wonder where this is going? Well, when they arrived at plumbers home he asked his customer in to meet his family. As they walked toward front door, plumber paused briefly and stared at a small tree without saying a word. He reached out very tenderly touching tips of branches with both hands, took a deep breath and then two of them walked inside.

Age Before Beauty!

After opening front door, plumber went through an amazing transformation. His tanned face lit up and he was ear to ear smiles. His customer, very curious, watched as plumber scooped up his two small children with those big burly hands and then kissed his wife.

Afterward, plumber walked his customer to car. As they passed same tree customer's curiosity got better of him. He asked him about tree and what he had seen him do earlier.

Greater Love Hath No Man!

Oh, said plumber, that's my trouble tree. He went on to say, "I know I can't help having troubles on job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in house with my wife and children".

So, I just hang them up on tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in morning, when I leave for work, I pick them up again.

He said, "funny thing is, and smiled, when I come out in morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up night before".

As I read this story I thought of all methods and techniques that I have used over years to renew my mind. And, clean out subconscious of undesirable thoughts that everyday troubles attempt to gain a stronghold over.

And, once again I realize that it's simple things in life that can have most profound affects. We have been programmed to believe that bigger, more complicated, more expensive, more difficult things and solutions are, more valuable they must be in every way.

I mean everybody believes that more is better, right? Obviously, not in everything, because I've never seen anything that is right for everybody.

It Just Goes To Show You!

Well, I gave plumber's technique a test and, here is what I learned. It's not technique, but attitude. I mean my Lord, you could go outside and rub every branch off of every tree in sight, till crack of dawn, and not get remove one trouble. So, that's not answer.

When I started to pick mine up next morning, I stopped and said, whoa!! Dummy. Leave em there. And, I tell you something, sure it was symbolically, but it made my step a little lighter and my countenance a little brighter.

We decided that we wanted horses. You know, a horse farm, in country, with rolling fields of deep green grass; a handsome barn, full of sweet smelling hay and shavings for stalls. The barn would have a separate room for well-oiled and well-worn saddles and tack so we could throw saddle on and go for a ride whenever we desired.

Of course, we would also probably need a round pen to exercise and train, and maybe a lunging pen when needed. The lake on farm would be clear and deep, full of fish, with a nice stream flowing away down to keep bubbling creek running.

OK, so we got what we wanted. Only it isn’t quite like dream. For starters, field is a little overgrown with pine scrub, and weeds that have grown into trees with thorns! I don’t remember ever seeing briars an inch thick before!

Somehow rain runoff has managed to create these red clay gulleys in fields that have to be filled in before horses are delivered so they don’t break their legs. Oh, and barn. Well, we still have to build it!