A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out. A realist said, “That’s a pit alright”. A subjective person came along and said, “I feel for you down in that pit”. An objective person saw the man and said, “With so many pits and so many people in the world it’s only logical that someone would fall in one of them”. A religionist said, “We have a committee meeting next Wednesday night at 7:00 at church and we’ll work out a process to get him out of the pit. A Pharisee looked at the man and said; “only bad people fall into pits”. A mathematician calculated how he fell into the pit and the speed of his decline. A self righteous man said, “You deserve the pit”. A preacher said, “If you would have listened to me, you wouldn’t be in the pit”. The Psychiatrist said, “The pit is only in your mind”. The Psychologist said, “You’re in the pit and it’s your parents fault”. A Geologist told the man to appreciate the rock strata of the pit. The Evolutionist said, “Natural selection has destined you to be removed from the evolutionary cycle. In other words you’re going to die in the pit so that you can’t produce any more pit falling offspring. An inspector asked, “Do you have a permit for that pit”? A self pitying person said, “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit” The optimist said, “Things could be worst”. The pessimist said, “Things are worst”. Jesus saw the man in the pit and took him by the hand and lifted him out.
DON’T BE BLIND TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
–Author Unknown