Doing Nothing Is Harder Than I Thought (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 30 2020	Views/Reads: 1293/950	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Nothing is not that special but sometimes the right something can be real special.

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As we drove around the block to go back to our motel, we passed a thrift
store. I looked at my wife, pointed to the thrift store, and said, 
"Hey, look at that! You want to go into the thrift store?" 

Before I could park the car, she was out the door and going into this
thrift store. I cherished the moment because it is a rare moment when I 
get one on her. 

When she came out of the thrift store, she had several bags of whatever.
I opened the door for her and said rather cheerfully, "How much did 
that doing nothing cost you?" 

"Okay," she said, "I need these items for a project at home, and I
really saved a lot of money in that thrift store." 

“So,” I said as dramatically as possible, “your doing nothing is
different from my doing nothing.” 

"I'm sorry," she said very sorrowfully, "I made a mistake, so I will
allow you to do one thing. What do you want to do?" 

I must admit this caught me off guard. I thought for a moment that I was
in control of the situation, and then it backfired on me. I tried to 
think of one thing to do, and my brain just was not working. 

The more I thought about it, the less I knew what I could do. I do not
go shopping, so that was out. All of my projects were back home, so 
that was out of the picture. I could think of nothing to do. 

“I can't think of nothing,” I said to my wife. 

“That's great. Now you're doing nothing.” 

While I was thinking of nothing, I was reminded of Scripture, “And as ye
would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise” (Luke 
6:31). 

Nothing is not that special but sometimes the right something can be
real special.


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