CRAZY STORY

Let me tell you a story. Three construction
workers were on top of their half-finished
skyscraper. "Rrrrring!" the lunch bell
sounded, and the three men sat on a steel
beam jutting out of the 56th floor with their
lunch boxes in hand.

The first guy opens his and groans in
exasperation, "Tuyo!" There is not a day that I
don't get tuyo for lunch!" He turns to his
buddies and announces, "Mark my words. If I
still get tuyo tomorrow, I'm going to throw
myself from this building."

The second guy opens his lunch box and
moans, "Tinapa". Everyday, I get tinapa!" He
looks at his friends and declares, "Believe
me when I say this. If I get tinapa tomorrow,
I'm going to jump and kill myself."

The third guy opens his lunch box and it was
his turn to despair. "Galunggong". All I get is
galunggong!" I'm telling you, if I still get
galunggong tomorrow, I'm going to jump
from this building and die."

The next day, the lunch bell rings and all
three men are again seated on the 56th
floor. The first guy opens his lunch box and
starts crying, "Tuyoooooo!" And so he jumps
and crashes on the ground.

The second guy opens his lunch box and
wails loudly, "Tinapaaaa!" And he also hurls
himself off the building and dies.

The third guy opens his lunch box and
screams, "Galunggonggggg!" And so he too
jumps off the building and splatters on the
ground.

Days later, during the funeral of the three
men, their three wives embrace and weep
together. The first wife cries out, "I didn't
know my husband didn't like tuyo anymore!
Why didn't he tell me? If only he told me, I
would have prepared something else."

The second wife echoes her
statement, "Yes! If only I knew, I would have
cooked something else, not tinapa."

The third wife, between sobs, speaks up, "I
don't know why my husband killed himself."
The two wives look at her curiously.

"Why?"

She went on, "Because ... my husband
prepares his own lunch everyday..."

I love this crazy story because it presents a
very important truth: all of us prepare our own
lunch. If we don't like our jobs, if we don't like
the state of our relationships, if we don't like
what's happening to our spiritual lives - we
have no one to blame but ourselves.
Because God has given us free will. He has
given us the power to prepare our own lunch.

If you want to earn more and be free from
debt, if you're sick and tired of your bad
habits, if we want to put more joy in our
marriages, if we want to grow in our
relationship with God - then go back to your
kitchen and prepare yourself another dish.
Because you design your own future. You
create your own destiny. Ask yourself what
kind of future do you want to have? What kind
of life? What kind of path?

You decide.