I Didn’t Do It My Way (standard:humor, 903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 24 2021	Views/Reads: 943/639	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Some of my happiest times in life are when I’m not doing anything my way. Giving someone else the privilege of doing it their way is a very satisfying thing.

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On many occasions, I have wanted to give people a piece of my mind to do
it my way. Unfortunately, I have run out of pieces of mind. For all 
things considered, it has turned out to be a good thing. 

Many times through life, I allowed the Gracious Mistress of the
Parsonage to have it her way. Most of the time, her way was the right 
way. If I would've stepped in to do it my way, we would be in a lot of 
trouble today. 

There have been some very wonderful times when her way did not work, and
if I would have had my way, things might not have turned out better. 
But I chose the high road and let her have her way. 

Only a few times in my life have I been right, and she has been wrong. I
choose not to identify those times for various reasons. 

Every once in a while, I sit back and think about a few times when I
have been right but did not step up to interfere in the situation. That 
always causes me to chuckle. 

The other night I was chuckling as I was thinking of one in particular,
which I cannot disclose, when my wife said, “What are you chuckling 
about?” 

“Oh,” I said, “I was just thinking about a joke.” 

“And, what joke was that,” she asked? 

“Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7, 8, 9.” 

As I sat back in my chair, a verse of Scripture came to mind.
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God” (Ephesians 
5:21). 

Some of my happiest times in life are when I'm not doing anything my
way. Giving someone else the privilege of doing it their way is a very 
satisfying thing.


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