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<blockquote data-quote="dumidishan" data-source="post: 3255811" data-attributes="member: 102814"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /> Can You Sleep While The Wind Blows..??</span></u></strong></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc</span></span><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">on the buildings and crops.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">A steady stream of refusals.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached</span></p><p></span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help,</span></p><p></span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming!</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tie things down before they blow away!"</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on</span></p><p></span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens </span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">were in the coops, and the doors were barred.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his </span></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">the wind blew.</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy"><strong>Moral of this story</strong></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically,</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">wind blows through your life?</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because </span></span><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">he</span></span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">had secured the farm against the storm</span>.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /> </span></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dumidishan, post: 3255811, member: 102814"] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][B][U][SIZE=4]:yes: Can You Sleep While The Wind Blows..??[/SIZE][/U][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=3][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial]awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial]on the buildings and crops.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]A steady stream of refusals.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial] [CENTER][SIZE=3]Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial] [CENTER][SIZE=3]Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help,[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming![/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Tie things down before they blow away!"[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial] [CENTER][SIZE=3]Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]were in the coops, and the doors were barred.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial] [CENTER][SIZE=3]Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his [/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]the wind blew.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][B]Moral of this story[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER] [COLOR=green][FONT=Arial Black] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically,[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]wind blows through your life?[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=3][COLOR=#006600][FONT=Arial]The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=green][FONT=Arial]he[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#000066][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]had secured the farm against the storm[/SIZE].:yes: :yes: [/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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