To Grin or Not to Grin, Is My Dilemma (standard:humor, 903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 28 2019	Views/Reads: 1379/1017	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My philosophy has been, find something every day to grin about and you will have a happy life along with fresh lemonade.

Through the years, I have experienced one dilemma after another. 

I remember my father once told me, “Son, when life delivers you a
dilemma, make lemonade out of it.” To which I looked at him with a big 
grin and said, “Is there any dilemma I can make a root beer out of it?” 


My father did not grin back. 

This may have been the beginning of my career as a grinner. Rarely a day
goes by that I do not find something to grin about. I have earned a 
Ph.D. in Grinology. 

One problem I have discovered in this is that I do not know when not to
grin. This has caused me a dilemma without any lemonade whatsoever or 
root beer. 

On my wedding day, I grinned all day long and nobody ever had to ask me
the question, “What are you grinning about?” Everybody knew. 

I never had any problem with grinning and nobody ever challenged me
about my grinning. I guess it is just my nature to grin about 
everything. 

After my wedding, however, everything changed. Most of it for the good I
must confess. I have no regrets or anything of that nature. While I am 
saying this, you can imagine I am grinning. Nothing has made me happier 
in life than marrying the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. 

At the time she was not the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, but as
time went by and I became a pastor she took on the role. I'm not sure 
if she was born with the gifts and talents to take on this role, or if 
she learned step-by-step what it takes. 

That being said, I can look back in my life and I can grin about
everything. 

Then things changed. By things, I mean me. It was a very simple thing
that happened and could happen to anybody. 

My wife and I were sitting in the living room having a cup of coffee and
talking. As we were talking unbeknownst to me, I was grinning. It is 
something that happens automatically to me. 

“What are you,” my wife said in a very somber tone, “grinning about?” 

I thought I was in trouble at first. I did not understand what she was
talking about my grinning. I simply looked at her and stated, “Huh.” 

“You're grinning!” 

“Oh,” I said, “I was just thinking about the first time we met.” Then I
laughed heartily. 

“What was so funny about that?” 

That was the beginning of trying to explain why I grinned all the time.
I explained to her how that day was the real beginning of my life. 
Then, she grinned. That began a wonderful conversation of those 
beginning days of our life. 

So often, something happens and I find myself grinning. 

I well remember the time my wife was walking around the house
everywhere. I stopped her and said, “What are you doing?” 

“I'm looking for my glasses.” 

I thought I was being set up so I grinned very cheerfully. 

“What are you grinning about?” 

The way she said it made me take the situation rather seriously. I did
not know what kind of trouble I was in for or if she was setting me up 
for something. 


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