Crisis

You may be sitting there at this moment thinking all is well with you. But before the day is over, the crisis may come, the rain may fall on your parade. You never know when you turn the next corner…! Life is just like that. Sometimes it’s one thing right after another. Crises keep piling up, and we have to deal with them. Sometimes we feel like the man in the “shaggy dog” story who returned home from a long trip and was met by his chauffeur at the train station. “Did anything happen while I was gone,” the man asked. “No, nothing special,” said the chauffeur, “except your dog died.” “My dog died? How?” “Eating burned horseflesh,” said the chauffeur. “Eating burned horseflesh?” “Yes,” said the chauffeur, “the horses died when the barn burned down.” “The barn burned down?” “Yes,” said the chauffeur, “the barn caught fire from sparks from the house.” “Sparks from the house?” “Yes,” said the chauffeur, “the house caught fire…