I Eat Your God

Children can be funny. They do stuff that make us adults laugh. What makes it even better is that most of the time they didn't mean to be funny.

They are innocent. They do what they do because they want to do it. They say what they say because they want to say it.

What's more interesting is that children of today get to interact with people from different nations. This story is about two kids from different countries and therefore from different cultures.

It was lunch time so all children in the daycare center sat on their chairs at the dining area. One of them have corned beef and another have mixed vegetables. The latter is a vegetarian.

They were seating next to each other so both of them can see each other's plate. The boy who had corned beef asked, "What are you eating?" He answered, "Vegetables. How about you?" "Corned beef," he said.

The vegetarian asked their daycare teacher, "Miss, what's corned beef made of?" "Beef. That's meat of cows," the teacher answered. "oh, we don't eat cows. That's our God."

Then the boy who's eating corned beef said, "I eat your God."

A Better Way To Say It

Sometimes people can hurt others by the words they say - whether they mean it or not. Choice of words is a factor. Although I believe that more often than not, the biggest factor is the condition of the heart of the receiver.

Here's another story about how a clever husband can send a message to his wife without hurting her.

At the dining area, husband and wife are just about to have their dinner. The wife just finished preparing the table.

At first bite, the husband found that the food was way too salty for him. He didn't want his wife who lovingly prepared it to get hurt. He wanted to appreciate her effort so he ate as he would normally do (when it's not salty).

After dinner, he asked her, "Honey, is salt on sale today? You mus have bought a lot."