Three construction workers were on top of their half-finished
skyscraper.
"Rrrrring!" the lunch bell sounded, and the three men sat on a steel
beam jutting out of the 56th floor with their lunch boxes in hand.
The first guy opens his and groans in exasperation, "Tuyo!" There is
not a day that I don't get tuyo for lunch!" He turns to his buddies
and announces, "Mark my words. If I still get tuyo tomorrow, I'm
going to throw myself from this building."
The second guy opens his lunch box and moans, "Tinapa". Everyday, I
get tinapa!" He looks at his friends and declares, "Believe me when I
say this. If I get tinapa tomorrow, I'm going to jump and kill
myself."
The third gu y opens his lunch box and it was his turn to despair.
"Galunggong". All I get is galunggong!" I'm telling you, if I still
get galunggong tomorrow, I'm going to jump from this building and
die."
The next day, the lunch bell rings and all three men are again seated
on the 56th floor.
The first guy opens his lunch box and starts crying, "Tuyoooooo!" And
so he jumps and crashes on the ground.
The second guy opens his lunch box and wails loudly, "Tinapaaaa!" And
he also hurls himself off the building and dies.
The third guy opens his lunch box and screams, "Galunggonggggg!" And
so he too jumps off the building and splatters on the ground.
Days later, during the funeral of the three men, their three wives
embrace and weep together.
The first wife cries out, "I didn't know my husband didn't like tuyo
anymore! Why didn't he tell me? If only he told me, I would have
prepared something else."
The second wife e choes her statement, "Yes! If only I knew, I would
have cooked something else, not tinapa!"
The third wife, between sobs, speaks up, "I don't know why my husband
killed himself." The two wives look at her curiously. "Why?"
She went on, "Because ... my husband prepares his own lunch
everyday..."
I love this crazy story because it presents a very important truth:
all of us prepare our own lunch. If we don't like our jobs, if we
don't like the state of our relationships, if we don't like what's
happening to our spiritual lives - we have no one to blame but
ourselves.
Because God has given us free will.
He has given us the power to prepare our own lunch.
If you want to earn more and be free from debt, if you're sick and
tired of your bad habits, if we want to put more joy in our marriages,
if we want to grow in our relationship with God - then go back to your
kitchen and prepare yourself another dish.
Because you design your own future.
You create your own destiny.
Ask yourself what kind of future do you want to have?
What kind of millenium?
What kind of eternity?
You decide.
