{"id":69295,"date":"2024-02-29T10:45:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T03:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=69295"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T03:45:28","slug":"old-man-and-his-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/old-man-and-his-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Man and His Son"},"content":{"rendered":"

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in pr!son and he couldn\u2019t afford an attorney to get him out. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:\n

Dear Son,
\nI am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won\u2019t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your mother always loved planting time. I\u2019m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren\u2019t in prison.
\nLove,
\nDad\n

Shortly, the old man received this telegram: \u2018For Heaven\u2019s sake, Dad, don\u2019t dig up the garden!! That\u2019s where I buried the GUNS!!\u2019\n

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.\n

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what had happened and asked him what to do next.\n

His son\u2019s reply was: \u2018Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It\u2019s the best I could do for you, from here.\u2019\n

Moral: No Matter where you are in the World, If you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you can do it. It is the thought that matters, not where you are or where the person is.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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