Minute Message   : Eating Grapes

Publication Date : 9/14/96



	I never knew there were two ways to eat grapes - the right

way and the wrong way. My wife and I sometimes would have a minor

dispute over the process, but I thought it was just between the

two of us. That is, until I listened to a lady who recounted her

honeymoon. The newlyweds were enjoying their visit to Bermuda at

a resort. While basking in the sun and looking out over the

Atlantic Ocean, a hotel waiter brought them a tray full of fruit.

In the middle was a large cluster of grapes. As she hovered over

the fruit, she began to pluck one grape then another. Her

husband, looking somewhat annoyed by her eating habit, asked her

if she enjoyed grapes. "Of course" came the reply. "Then you need

to know how to eat them." With that he began to show her how to

eat grapes.



	Isn't it interesting what annoys people? There are those who

get upset over the toilet seta being up or the tissue paper put

on wrong. Some get anxiety attacks when a person in the store

express checkout line has more than the allowed 9 items or is

writing a check at a "cash only" counter.



	What is it that annoys you? We need to understand that there

is more to life than the small annoyances we face. When we

surrender our life to God, the petty disturbances we face are put

into perspective.



Norman Russell

2761 Broadway

North Bend, Oregon USA  97459