THE WORLD'S MOST COMMUNICABLE DISEASE!!!
There is a story in circulation about an optimistic farmer who couldn't wait to greet each new day with a resounding, "Good morning, God!" He lived near a woman whose morning greeting was more like, "Good God. Morning?" They were each a trial to the other. Where he saw opportunity, she saw problems. What brought him happiness brought her discontentment.
One bright morning he exclaimed, "Look at the beautiful sky! Did you ever see such a glorious sunrise?"
"Yeah," she countered. "It'll probably get so hot the crops will scorch!"
During an afternoon shower, he commented, "Isn't this wonderful? Mother Nature is giving the corn a drink today!"
"And if it doesn't stop before too long," came the sour reply, "we'll wish we'd taken out flood insurance on the crops!" And so it went.
Convinced that he could instill some awe and wonder in this hardened woman, he bought a remarkable dog. Not just any mutt, but the most expensive, highly trained and gifted dog he could find. The animal was exquisite! It could perform remarkable and impossible feats that, the farmer thought, would surely amaze even his neighbor. So he invited her to watch his dog perform.
"Fetch!" he commanded, as he tossed a stick into a lake, where it bobbed up and down in the rippling water. The dog bounded after the stick, walked on the water, and retrieved it.
"What do you think of that?" he asked, smiling.
"Hmmm," she frowned. "Can't swim, can he?"
I believe that attitudes are the world's most communicable diseases. They can be as catching as any known virus. And when negative and cynical, they can be just as deadly.
But a stubbornly positive attitude can often make the difference between happiness and misery, between health and illness and even between life and death. Once infected, you'll never be the same.
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Grab your Bibles and watch the performance here:
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Watch the performance here and watch for a Lil' Wayne cameo at the end:
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Pics and video from her performance inside...
Jennifer looked wonderful in this look she decided to take the stage in. And she tapped into her stage presence to perform a 2 minute rendition of Whitney's "I Will Always Love You."
It was definitely heartfelt and her own spin on a classic. It was more simplistic than Jen's usual but beautiful. No one else was added to the tribute, including Chaka Khan. And afterwards, Jen seemed emotional as she got a Standing O.
Here's the video below:
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