WHO WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

One man sat at a stop light. The woman in front of him was going
through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to
green she didn't go. A green light is not a suggestion, you know, it
is more of a commandment. But she didn't notice.

When the light turned red again, she still had not moved. The man
in the car behind her now started screaming epithets and beating on
his steering wheel.

A policeman tapped on his windshield. "You can't arrest me for
hollering in my car," the man said. The cop asked for his license and
registration, returned to his car, talked on the radio for a while,
and finally handed the papers back. The driver protested, "I knew you
couldn't cite me for yelling in my own car!"

The officer replied, "I didn't want to cite you for shouting in your
car. But I was directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming
and beating your steering wheel, and I said to myself, 'That man is
out of control. He's going to hurt someone!' Then I noticed the cross
hanging from your rear view mirror, the bright yellow 'Love Is a
Choice' license tag, the 'Give Peace a Chance' and 'Prayer Changes
Things' bumper stickers, and I was sure you must have stolen the car."

His behavior did not reflect his bumper stickers. But let's not be too
critical. Are we always the people we want to be?

We make changes by stretching. Personal transformation can happen when
the person we presently are does not yet resemble the person we hope
to be. Better to set high ideals and occasionally fall short than to
settle for mediocrity and succeed.

The important question is not, "Who are you today?" It is better to
ask, "Who will you be tomorrow?"

Remember: if nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.
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Steve Goodier Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com is a professional
speaker, consultant and author of numerous books. Visit his site for
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