The Janitor Man

[Kadensnga]

Hi Everyone.

I am so happy to have joined this wonderful community, you have all been so warm and beautiful!

This is in regards to a post I read by Talker, re: people changing careers, and feeling that they are too old to start something new... but I can't find the post now, or else I would have responded to it instead of starting a new topic.

Here it is, "Talker":

Someone told me this story I thought I'd share with you, because your quote reminded me. You may find this interesting.

There was a man who was a janitor at a school who could not read but he LOVED his janitor job. He was soo proud, and it was all he ever wanted to do in life. He was so happy with his title as the "school janitor". This was a proud janitor I'm telling you!

Then one day a new principle came to the school, and he posted a new rule.

"ALL STAFF MEMBERS MUST BE ABLE TO READ"

The disheartened old Janitor had to turn in his uniform and leave his beloved job. He was sooo disappointed. He thought he would retire from that place, and had no plan...

Then a few weeks later, he was offered a job on a street corner selling sandwiches at a sandwich stand.

He still missed his janitor job, and it wouldn't be the same... but , what could he do?

He took the job and started selling sandwiches on a busy street corner.

Only a couple of weeks into his new job,  the owner of the sandwich stand decided to go out of business, and offered to sell it to the disheartened illiterate Janitor man, instead of letting him go.

The Janitor had a little money saved, and so, after much thought, he took the mans offer and bought the sandwich stand...  it was better than losing yet another job.

Shortly thereafter,

The sandwich stand started doing well again, and so he took his profit and bought another, then another...soon he had 10,000 sandwich stands all over the world, and gained for himself a personal net worth of 50 million dollars per year!

Can you believe it?

One day, years later, an attorney was in his office, high above the city, and asked him to sign some papers, and he said, "You will have to run those by my assistant because I cant read".

The attorney said "WHAT? You make 50 million dollars per year, you have accomplished all of this, and you cant read"?

The Janitor man said "Yes, that is correct".

The astonished attorney exclaimed "Wow, just think, if you could do all of this and not be able to read...what would you have been if you HAD been able to read"!?!

The man gave a thoughtful look and replied, "I know what I would have been....a JANITOR"



Hope you InJoy that.

Great Love,
Kadensnga

[Mina-Laura]

That was a great story

Here is a flower for you:



~ three-dimensional Si composite nanostructures, taken with a scanning electron microscope ~
http://www.nanotech-now.com/Art_Gallery/ghim-wei-ho.htm


!! oh and hopefully our Janitor now that hes made his millions can afford to hire a private tutor so he can take joy in reading other people's stories

[Talker]

Hi Everyone.

I am so happy to have joined this wonderful community, you have all been so warm and beautiful!

This is in regards to a post I read by Talker, re: people changing careers, and feeling that they are too old to start something new... but I can't find the post now, or else I would have responded to it instead of starting a new topic.

Here it is, "Talker":

Someone told me this story I thought I'd share with you, because your quote reminded me. You may find this interesting.

There was a man who was a janitor at a school who could not read but he LOVED his janitor job. He was soo proud, and it was all he ever wanted to do in life. He was so happy with his title as the "school janitor". This was a proud janitor I'm telling you!

Then one day a new principle came to the school, and he posted a new rule.

"ALL STAFF MEMBERS MUST BE ABLE TO READ"

The disheartened old Janitor had to turn in his uniform and leave his beloved job. He was sooo disappointed. He thought he would retire from that place, and had no plan...

Then a few weeks later, he was offered a job on a street corner selling sandwiches at a sandwich stand.

He still missed his janitor job, and it wouldn't be the same... but , what could he do?

He took the job and started selling sandwiches on a busy street corner.

Only a couple of weeks into his new job,  the owner of the sandwich stand decided to go out of business, and offered to sell it to the disheartened illiterate Janitor man, instead of letting him go.

The Janitor had a little money saved, and so, after much thought, he took the mans offer and bought the sandwich stand...  it was better than losing yet another job.

Shortly thereafter,

The sandwich stand started doing well again, and so he took his profit and bought another, then another...soon he had 10,000 sandwich stands all over the world, and gained for himself a personal net worth of 50 million dollars per year!

Can you believe it?

One day, years later, an attorney was in his office, high above the city, and asked him to sign some papers, and he said, "You will have to run those by my assistant because I cant read".

The attorney said "WHAT? You make 50 million dollars per year, you have accomplished all of this, and you cant read"?

The Janitor man said "Yes, that is correct".

The astonished attorney exclaimed "Wow, just think, if you could do all of this and not be able to read...what would you have been if you HAD been able to read"!?!

The man gave a thoughtful look and replied, "I know what I would have been....a JANITOR"

Hope you InJoy that.

Great Love,
Kadensnga

Hi Kadensnga,
Is, as I like to call them 'a goodie'. Pull up more and post, if you recall any others.
Take care and Be Well

[juliainkc]

What a lovely story Kandensnga, thank you for sharing.

And what a lovely flower Laura!

Love to all,

Julia

[Kadensnga]

Talker, and Julia,

I am glad you enjoyed the story... I have many. I always thought that one was a "goodie" as well. Great to have an opportunity to share it with someone who appreciates. I now know that my beloved , and generously giving brother Talker likes stories, and I shall try to make special remembrance of that in my future responses!

Mino-Laura

Thank you for the wonderful gift. I feel I have been "christened". It is a very beautiful flower indeed. I sense the warm vibrations that came with your intention in giving it, am truly honored. Your gift will not be taken for granted, but rather "cherished".

I have set it as my desktop background in honor of you and the rest my beautiful new family on OUR, as a reminder of the great love and freedom to express that exists in the awareness of our oness.

[Kadensnga]

!! oh and hopefully our Janitor now that hes made his millions can afford to hire a private tutor so he can take joy in reading other people's stories

Or even his own! lol