Abe was killing half an hour waiting for a train to arrive. He wandered around the station, bought a soft drink, and then stepped on a penny scale to learn his weight and fortune.
The fortune card amazed him. It said, “You are Jewish, you weigh 185 pounds, and you are on your way to Chicago.”
Every word of it was true and this was too good to be a coincidence.
So he decided to wait for another man to use the scale.
”You are Catholic,” said the card, “you weigh 179 pounds and you are on the way to Detroit.” Upon checking with the man he found the statements were correct.
Now for the acid test. The traveler decided that he would get on the scale again. Up on the scale he went down in the slot went his penny. He could hardly wait to read the card which said, “Shmo! You just missed your train!”
The future waits for us but do not to waste too much energy anticipating. Live in the now.
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