Chapter 19Push Your Wheelbarrow Upside
Down
A visitor to a mental hospital saw an inmate
pushing a wheelbarrow upside down. When he asked the
inmate why, the inmate replied, «You don't think I'm crazy,
do you? I pushed this wheelbarrow right side up yesterday
and they kept filling it with gravel."
On the basis of his reply, I think the inmate
should be released and a lot of us put in his place.
Too many people, with the best of intentions,
go around pushing their wheelbarrows right side up and
permit almost anybody and everybody to dump their un-
wanted odd jobs, problems, worries and grievances into
them. So they end up pushing the burdens of everybody
else's gravel.
As you push your wheelbarrow through life,
you'll find many people who will gladly put their burdens
in your wheelbarrow. I suggest you push your wheelbarrow