How to apply for vacation...

Jack and Max are walking from religious service. Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.

Max replies, "Why don't you ask the Priest?"

So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, "Father, may I  smoke while I pray?"

The Priest replies, "No, my son, you  may not! That's utter disrespect to our religion."

Jack goes back to his friend and  tells him what the good Priest told him.

Max says, "I'm not  surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try."

And so Max  goes up to the Priest and asks, "Father, may I pray while I smoke?"

To which the Priest eagerly replies, "By all  means, my son. By all means. You can always pray whenever you want  to."

Moral of the story is... The reply you get depends on the  question you ask.

  

For example, if you want a vacation when still  working on a project don't ask for the holiday;

 

 Ask: "Can I keep  working on this project while I'm on vacation?"

 

Kindness Pays Well

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.   He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.   Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How  much do I owe you?"   "You don't owe me anything," she replied "Mother has taught us never to accept payment for a kindness." He said... "Then I thank you from my heart."   As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt; stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.   Years later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.   Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.   Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.   Dressed in his doctor's gown he we nt in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.     After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room.     She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally, she looked, and something caught; her attention on the side as She read these words.....   "Paid in full with one glass of milk." (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.