a story

As a speech pathologist, I often ask patients to tell me a personal story in order to get them to open up. Here’s one man’s tale:

  ”My friend wanted a boat more than anything. His wife kept refusing, but he bought one anyway. ‘I’ll tell you what,’ he told her. ‘In the spirit of compromise, why don’t you name the boat?’ Being a good sport, she accepted. And when her husband went to the dock for his maiden voyage, this is the name he saw painted on the side: For Sale.

As a speech pathologist, I often ask patients to tell me a personal story in order to get them to open up. Here’s one man’s tale:

  ”My friend wanted a boat more than anything. His wife kept refusing, but he bought one anyway. ‘I’ll tell you what,’ he told her. ‘In the spirit of compromise, why don’t you name the boat?’ Being a good sport, she accepted. And when her husband went to the dock for his maiden voyage, this is the name he saw painted on the side: For Sale.

funny

Goethe was once strolling on a narrow path in a park in Weimar. As luck would have it, he met with a critic who was hostile to him. Both of them stopped, staring at each other. Then the critic said, “I’ll never make way for a fool.” “But I will,” with that Goethe retreated aside.