Testimonial contest - honourable mention for creativity!
This is a testimonial from Paul who won an honourable mention for his creativity (a dozen love buns from Ume's Kitchen)...
A farmer parked his combine behind his barn after the fall harvest. However, he quit farming and moved away that winter, renting out the land to another farmer. The combine was left there and forgotten.
The machine sat there unnoticed for a very long time.
The farmer came back to the land to farm again after many years later and found the combine exactly where he had left it. It was in bad shape. The machine had sat through many dry, hot summers and cold, harsh winters without being used or maintained. It had been pelted by rain and hail and had endured gale force winds. Most of the gears and sprockets on the machine had become rusted and would not turn. The motor would start but the machine struggled to move even an inch. In fact, none of the parts seemed to move at all.
It seemed hopeless that the combine would ever work or run properly. The farmer wondered if he should even bother trying to fix it. But the machine had worked well before so he decided to give it a shot.
The farmer set to work on combine. Everyday, he added oil and grease all the gears and sprockets that would not move. He used a wrench with as much force as he could muster to try and turn them, but they would not loosen. The farmer was dismayed but kept at it.
One week went by and the farmer went out to add oil and grease to the gears and sprockets. He used a wrench to turn one of the sprockets and lo and behold it began to move, ever so slightly. He tried the same thing with one of the gears and it too turned, just a tiny bit. The same thing happened with all the other the gears and sprockets.
The next day, the farmer added oil and grease and all the gears and sprockets and again, they all turned a little bit more.
After a few months, most of the gears and sprockets were turning. Mind you, they were all not working at full capacity, so the farmer kept oiling and greasing the parts everyday.
Finally, fall arrived and it was time to harvest the grain. The farmer oiled and greased the machine. He started the motor and slowly put the combine into action. Sure enough, the gears and sprockets began to turn and the combine moved through the field, harvesting the grain with ease. The combine never broke down again and farmer was able to use it for harvest every year after that. Of course, he kept oiling and greasing all the moving parts everyday (almost)!
Definitions:
Farmer - mind
Combine - body
Gears and sprockets – arms, legs, neck, spine, ankles, knees, toes, arms, elbows, fingers, calves, thighs, skin, back, front, bottom, top, side and all other parts of the body
Wrench, Oil and Grease - Bikram's Hot Yoga
Harvest the Grain – Being able to move body parts with ease and live a healthy life
~ Paul
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