A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:"Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?"
"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"
"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late.
"So, whatcha' doing when you get there?"
"We're going to go to see the Vatican and we hope to see the Pope."
"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. "You and a million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."
A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.
"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful and the hotel was great!"
"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."
"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."
"Oh, really! What'd he say?"
He said:
"Where'd you get the bad Hairdo?
Perspectives and choices. I know someone who all his life were driven by the views and choices other people pick for him - he chose to drink because his friends wanted to, he didn't study well because that was a popular choice by his classmates, he never left his hometown because nobody in his circle wanted to. He believed in what others say and sadly, he's living with his dreams unfulfilled.
Life may deal us with blows, with unfair situations, with people that hurt us, but I'm learning that we can choose how we'd like life to turn around for us. As they say, life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. So choose to live, choose to grow, choose to learn something new, choose to admit that you are wrong, choose to move forward.
Hope is not so popular these days. Perspectives slant toward the (-). Gloomy news floods us everywhere. I've learned that despite it all, hoping for the best still works. As a mere mortal, I choose to hope, to have a different perspective at things. And yes, it's not always so popular. But still, I choose to hope that the best is yet to come :)
Smile! There is more to life than what we see.
I am also taking this opportunity to plug the timely 21st Philippine Ad Congress. :) As always, kudos to the organizers and to RP's ad industry! :D
Joke from http://jokes.maxabout.com/
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