Alfie Says….
“A while back I gave up in a cross country race at school. Dad told me he could see in my face that I was going to quit, and he told me this story. Now I make sure I’ve got my ‘yes’ face on whenever I do anything difficult.
How about you? Do you have a yes face or a no face?”
Long ago in The United States during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, he and a group of travelers were crossing a river that had overflowed its banks. Each man crossed on horseback fighting for his life.
A lone traveler watched the group traverse the treacherous river and then asked President Jefferson to take him across. The president agreed without hesitation, the man climbed on, and the two made it safely to the other side of the river.
When they arrived somebody asked him: “Why did you select the President to ask this favor?”
The man was shocked, admitting he had no idea it was the President of the United States who had carried him safely across.
“All I know,” he said, “is that on some of your faces was written the answer ‘No’ and on some of them was the answer ‘Yes.’ His was a ‘Yes’ face.”
