A Soulful Journey

A classified ad appeared in a small town newspaper one Monday morning: FOR SALE: R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale.   Phone 958 after 7 P.M. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap. On Tuesday, the following appeared: NOTICE: We regret in having erred in R.D. Jones. Ad yesterday.   It should have read: One sewing machine for sale.   Cheap.   Call 958 and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7 P.M.. On Wednesday: R.D. Jones has informed us that he has received several annoying phone calls because of the error e made in his classified ad yesterday.   His ad stands corrected as follows: FOR SALE: R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale.   Cheap.   Phone 958 after 7 P.M.. And ask for Mrs. Kelley who loves with him. On Thursday: NOTICE: I, R.D. Jones, Have no sewing machine for sale.   I smashed it.   Don’t call 958 as my telephone had been taken out. ...

A developer wanted to buy a farmer’s field to put up condominiums.   “What will you pay?” asked the farmer. The developer said, “We want to do the right thing.   We will pay you what the field is worth.” The farmer replied, “I’ll be darned if I’ll sell it for that!” Would this conversation ever take place if people acted with integrity?   Spoke the truth?   If not, perhaps we have a head-start on living the best life possible.