Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots?
He asked for help, and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on.
By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat. She almost cried when the little boy said, “Teacher, they’re on the wrong feet.”
She looked, and sure enough, they were. It wasn’t any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on, but she managed to keep her cool as, together, they worked to get the boots back on, this time on the right feet.
He then announced, “These aren’t my boots.”
She bit her tongue, instead of getting right in his face and screaming, “Why didn’t you say so?” like she wanted to.
Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off his little feet. No sooner had they gotten the boots off when he said, “They’re my brother’s boots. My Mom made me wear ‘em.”
Now she didn’t know if she should laugh or cry. But she mustered up what grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots onto his feet again. Helping him into his coat, she asked, “Now, where are your mittens?”
He said, “I stuffed ‘em in the toes of my boots.”
She will be eligible for parole in three years
This was sent to me by a good friend (Thanks Heidi). I received it by e-mail on a day when a good laugh was just what I needed. It’s made me think several times on the blessing that humor brings us. Many scientific studies have also confirmed the physical benefits of laughter. They are significant.
The Bible says little about the private times that Jesus spent with His disciples, but I think that laughter and joy were present. Acts tells us that the early believers continued on in the doctrine of the Disciples, shared their homes, broke bread together and ate with gladness and simplicity of heart. Create joy today. Blessings!

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