God Exist?

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen...

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?

If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.
He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist!
That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

The Best Salesman on the Year!

An Indian moves to Montreal and goes to
a big department store looking for a job.

The manager asks, "Do you have any sales
experience? "

The Indian says, "Yeah, I was a salesman
back home".

Well, the manager liked the young man,
so he gave him the job. "You start
tomorrow. I'll come down after we close
and see how you did, but let me give you
a bit of advice. If a customer comes
looking, say, for toothpaste, you might
suggest for him
a toothbrush, or shaving cream etc. You
get the idea?"

"Of course," the young man said. His
first day on the job was rough but he
got through it.

After the store was locked up, the
manager came down. "How many sales did
you make today?

The Indian says, "One"

The manager groans, "Just one? Our sales
people average 20 or 30 sales/day.

Ho w much was the sale for?"

The Indian says, "$101, 237.64."

The manager exclaims, "What?
$101,237.6 4? What did you sell him?"

The Indian replied, "First I sold him a
small fish hook. Then I sold him a
medium fishhook. Then I sold him a
larger fishhook. Then I sold him a new
fishing rod. Then I asked him where he
was going fishing, and he said down at
the coast, so I told him he was going to
need a boat, so we went down to the boat
department, and I sold him that twin
engine Chris Craft. Then he said he
didn't think his Honda Civic would pull
it, so I took him down to the automotive
depart ment and sold him that 4X4 Pajero."

The manager says "You mean a guy came in
here to buy a fish hook and you sold him
a boat and truck?!"

The Indian says, "No, no, no, he came in
here to buy a box of Kotex for his wife
and I said, "Well, since your weekend's
already screwed up you might as well go
fishing!!"

The manager fainted... +________+|||

Marketing

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You
go up to her and say, "I am very
rich. Marry me!"
That's Direct Marketing

You 're at a party with a bunch of
friends and see a gorgeous girl.
One of your friends goes up to her and
pointing at you says, "He's very rich.
Marry him."
That's Advertising.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and get her telephone
number. The next day you call and
say, "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me."
That's Telemarketing.
You're at a party and see a gorgeous
girl. You get up and straighten your
tie; you walk up to her and pour her a
drink. You open the door for her, pick
up her bag after she drops it, offer
her a ride, and then say, "By the way,
I'm very rich "Will you marry me?"
That's Public Relations.

You're at a party and see a gorgeous
girl.
She walks up to you and says, "You are
very rich, I want to marry you."
That's Brand Recognition.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and say, "I'm rich.
Marry me"
She gives you a nice hard slap on your
face.
That's Customer Feedback

Coffee OR Cup?

" The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems,but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect."

* A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
* Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
* Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain
looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
* When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones.
* While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
* Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.
* In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.
* What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you
consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups.
* Now consider this:

1. Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.
2. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
3. Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee

God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!."
* The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
* They just make the best of everything."

1. Live simply.
2. Love generously.
3. Care deeply.
4. Speak kindly.
5. Leave the rest to God.

You are the miracle, my friend;
Your life either shines a light OR casts a shadow!
Shine a light & Enjoy the Coffee!!!

How Much? LOVE?

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups. And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.

'Mister,' he said, 'I want to buy one of your puppies.'?

'Well,' said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, 'These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.'

The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

'I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?'?

'Sure,' said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle.

'Here, Dolly!' he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up..?

'I want that one,' the little boy said, pointing to the runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side
and said, 'Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.'

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe.

Looking back up at the farmer, he said, 'You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.'

With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

'How much?' asked the little boy.

'No charge, answered the farmer, 'There's no charge for love.'

The world is full of people who need someone who understands.