Why do women cry?

"Why are you crying?", a young boy asked his Mom.

"Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will, but that's ok......."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his Dad could say......

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked "God, why do women cry so easily?"

GOD answered......"When I made woman, I decided she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet, made her arms gentle enough to give comfort...

"I gave her the inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times will come even from her own children.

"I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going and take care of her family and friends, even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and fatigue, without complaining....

"I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly....

"She has the very special power to make a child's boo-boo feel better and to quell a teenager's anxieties and fears....

"I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

"I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him, unfalteringly.

"For all of this hard work, I also gave her a tear to shed.

"It is hers to use whenever needed and it is her only weakness....

"When you see her cry, tell her how much you love her, and all she does for everyone, and even though she may still cry, you will have made her heart feel good. She is special!" *

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I ASKED GOD

I ASKED GOD TO TAKE AWAY MY PAIN. GOD SAID, NO.
IT IS NOT FOR ME TO TAKE AWAY, BUT FOR YOU TO GIVE UP.

I ASKED GOD TO MAKE MY HANDICAPPED CHILD WHOLE. GOD SAID, NO.
HER SPIRIT IS WHOLE, HER BODY IS ONLY TEMPORARY.

I ASKED GOD TO GRANT ME PATIENCE. GOD SAID, NO.
PATIENCE IS A BYPRODUCT OF TRIBULATIONS: IT ISN'T GRANTED, IT IS LEARNED.
I ASKED GOD TO GIVE ME HAPPINESS. GOD SAID, NO.
I GIVE YOU BLESSINGS. HAPPINESS IS UP TO YOU.

I ASKED GOD TO SPARE ME PAIN. GOD SAID, NO.
SUFFERING DRAWS YOU APART FROM WORLDLY CARE AND BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO ME.

I ASKED GOD TO MAKE MY SPIRIT GROW. GOD SAID, NO.
YOU MUST GROW ON YOUR OWN, BUT I WILL PRUNE YOU TO MAKE YOU FRUITFUL.
I ASKED FOR ALL THINGS THAT I MIGHT ENJOY LIFE. GOD SAID, NO.
I WILL GIVE YOU LIFE SO THAT YOU MAY ENJOY ALL THINGS.

I ASKED GOD TO HELP ME LOVE OTHERS, AS MUCH AS HE LOVES ME.
GOD SAID.....AHHHH, FINALLY YOU HAVE THE IDEA. *

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Character: be a piece of rock

If you have traveled through smaller airports or have much experience flying in corporate aircraft, you have probably seen or flown in a Lear Jet. The father of this amazing airplane was a man named Bill Lear...an inventor, aviator, and business leader.

It took him several years to make his dream a reality, but in 1963, the first Lear Jet made its maiden voyage, and in 1964 he delivered his first production jet to a client. Lear's success was immediate, and he quickly sold many aircraft.

But long after he got his start, Lear learned that the two aircraft he'd built had crashed under mysterious circumstances. He was devastated. Lear immediately sent word to all of the owners to ground their planes until he and his team could determine what had caused the crashes. The thought that more lives might be lost was far more important to him than any adverse publicity that action might generate in the media.

As he researched the ill-fated flights, Lear discovered a potential cause, but he couldn't verify the technical problem on the ground. There was only one sure way to find out whether he had diagnosed the problem correctly. He would have to try to recreate it personally --- in the air.

It was a dangerous process, but that's what he did. As he flew the jet, he nearly lost control and almost met the same fate as the other two pilots. But he managed to make it through the tests, and he was able to verify the defect. Lear developed a new part to correct the problem and fitted all fifty-five planes with it, eliminating the danger.

Grounding the planes cost Lear a lot of money. And it planted seeds of doubt in the minds of potential customers. As a result, he needed two years to rebuild the business. But Lear never regretted his decision. He was willing to risk his success, his fortune, and even his life to solve the mystery of those crashes --- but not his integrity. And that takes character.

How a leader deals with the circumstances of life tells you many things about his character. Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

Never "for the sake of peace and quiet" deny your own experience or convictions. *

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