7. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from

Do It Yourself!

"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
evil". Proverbs 3:7

Tony Thompson inherited and old house from a relative who has died.

Unfortunately, the house needed a lot of repair work. He hired a plumber to install a new shower, but it was very expensive. So tony decided to hang the shower curtain rod himself.

Unfortunately, the ladder tilted and his electric drill slipped out of his hands.

The drill landed in the bathtub and cracked the tub.

Tony then tied his ladder securely to the window frame, picked up his drill, and climbed up the ladder again. He started to drill a hole in the wall.

Unfortunately he drilled straight trough a water pipe. The drill exploded and almost electrocuted Tony at the same time. As he fell, Tony grabbed the ladder and pulled the window frame out of the wall.

Without a drill Tony couldn´t install the shower rod, so he decided to remove an old fireplace instead. This worked quite well.

Tony survived, but unfortunately a piece of flying shattered the television screen.

Tony had piled some very expensive Italian titles at the top of the stairs.

Unlucky, he tripped on the carpet and smashed every single one of them.

Tony refused to give up. He decided to paint the garage roof. Naturally unfortunately, he stumbled, dropped a bucket through a fanlight, and covered his car with bright orange paint.

Well… at the end of the day, Tony decided looking for somebody who wants an old house!

Fragment from success communicating in English part 3 1995, Addison Wesley Publishing Company

3. 1 Kings 21:3: And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should

Sweet  Revenge

3. 1 Kings 21:3: And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should
give the inheritance of my father’s unto thee.

Carlo  Gamba left his home in southern  Italy in 1913, when he was twenty-three years old. His family never saw him again. In San Francisco, Carlo met and married Lydia, who was also Italian.  They had not children. The two of them worked seven days a week and most nights in their little corner store. They saved and invested every penny they earned.

“Friends of ours ask us, ´why don´t you take vacations? Why don´t you buy a big house?´ We have our shop. We have each other. We are content. That´s our secret,” explained Lydia.

In 1962, Carlo learned that his last remaining relative, his younger brother Sergio, had sold the family home in Italy for $ 1,000. Carlo did not get a penny from the sale. He did not say a word about it. But he did not forget, and he did not forgive.

Before Carlo and Lynda both died in an accident in 1992, they had amassed a fortune of $5 million. Sergio heard the news of this fortune with delight, but the smile on his face did not last long. His share was exactly five dollars.

 Carlo´s will said, “I leave all my money except five dollars to my home town of Verbicaro to build a hospital in memory of me and my wife. The five dollars I leave to that young brother of mine so that he can buy a drink and remember that he should never have sold the family home without my consent.”

Fragment from success communicating in English part 3 1995, Addison Wesley Publishing Company.