“The Mother Ignacia Healing Ministry sends out inspirational materials weekly.” TAMING LADY TIGERS Information booth. International Airport. Passenger senior citizen Oka. Information lady Gloria. OKA – Excuse me. GLORIA – Yes, mam-sir. (Looking so cranky). OKA –What time is Flight 406, please. GLORIA – There’s the monitor. Just read. OKA – Can you please just read your monitor. It’s too far. I have arthritis. GLORIA – Why don’t you just stay home, grampa. Look behind you. There’s a long line. (Shouting.) Next!! OKA – (Stops the next in line from approaching.) Wait, Miss Groucho-Jane. Is it menopause, mens, or its built-in since birth? GLORIA – (Picks up the phone.) Hello, security. OKA – (Undaunted, peering into the counter.) Oh, you’re pregnant. GLORIA – So what? OKA – I hope you lose your baby. GLORIA – Sir, that’s foul. Take it back, please. It may come true. OKA – I hope you lose your baby. GLORIA – (Starts to sob.) Please sir. (To the phone.) Never mind, security, it’s okay. OKA – Okay, I will take it back on one condition. Smile. GLORIA – Please, sir. OKA – You can’t do it, right? You had a sour face since birth, and it has become permanent. GLORIA – Sir, take it back. OKA – I hope you lose your baby. GLORIA – Okay, okay, I’ll smile. (Tries to smile in vain.) I can’t do it. It takes time. OKA – You can do it. GLORIA – Sir, take it back. OKA – I hope you lose …. GLORIA – Okay, I will do it. (Composes herself, wipes off a tear, and smiles. Everybody in the long line gives a resounding applause.) OKA – May you have a healthy baby. Is that your first? GLORIA – Yes. OKA – Listen. If you’re in customer service, you have to smile 25/7, get it? GLORIA – Got it. OKA – If you have a sour face 26/7, after a few months, you’ll have ulcer, lose your baby, get heart attack, or even cancer. That’s karma. Get it? GLORIA – Got it, sir. OKA – Are we done here? GLORIA – (Big smile.) Sir, thank you again. OKA – Welcome. Oh, what gate is Flight 406? GLORIA – Oh yes, gate 3 sir. After one week, Oka is back. GLORIA – Hello mam-sir. Hi grampa, it’s you. What can you do for me? OKA – Nothing. Just checking if you’re okay. GLORIA – I’m okay, gramps. OKA – Smiling always? GLORIA – 26/7 sir. Smiling trip is better than grouch-trip. I feel light. I actually enjoy my work now. Before, I wanted to resign. Now, even at home, all is nice. My kids no longer pick fights with me. Thanks again, gramps. You have opened my heart. Now everything is bright inside me. OKA – You will also notice that a smile is contagious, as contagious as a sour face is. Here’s my gift to you. GLORIA – You don’t have to bother, gramps. (Opens the box.) What’s this, a sandwich? This is ridiculous. OKA – Better than an engagement ring. GLORIA – Thanks, gramps. OKA – Okay, take care. (Whispering.) The girl behind me … better be careful. I can feel her fangs at the back of my neck. GLORIA – No problem. Chicken feed. OKA – Okay, see you. GLORIA – Wait, just watch me. Check out my style. See me in action. Stay over there, turn your back, and listen. (Oka agrees.) Next !!!. FAT LADY – (Approaches.) What kind of place is this? Bad service, bad service. GLORIA – Yes sir-mam. How can I help you? FAT LADY – Don’t call me sir. You have bad breeding. GLORIA – (Smiling.) Yes mam. FAT LADY – And stop smiling. Where is the CR (comfort room)? GLORIA – CR? That’s your only problem? FAT LADY – That’s all. GLORIA – Straight ahead, then to the right. Take care, m’am. And, m’am, if you smile, you will get prettier, I promise you. FAT LADY – Are you calling me ugly? GLORIA – Yes m’am, I mean no m’am. FAT LADY – What time does Flight 215 leave? GLORIA – 230 pm, ma’m. It’s delayed. FAT LADY – Your ugly. GLORIA – I hope your plane crashes. FAT LADY – Hey, hey. Take that back. It may come true. GLORIA – No. (Oka smiles.) I will take it back on one condition. Smile. FAT LADY – What? GLORIA – Smile. FAT LADY – Please, take it back. GLORIA – I hope your plane crashes. FAT LADY – My gosh. I will cancel my flight. GLORIA – Go ahead. FAT LADY – (Long pause. Knowing she’s beaten.) Sorry, sorry, I apologize. Okay, I will smile. (She attempts to smile.) GLORIA – Not good enough. It has to be a real smile. Look at yourself. (She brings out a small mirror.) FAT LADY – (Trembling with anger.) God, what are You doing to me? GLORIA – Punishing you. Look at yourself in the mirror. FAT LADY – (She looks and is surprised at her sour face.) Oh!! (Finally, she smiles.) GLORIA – M’am, may you have a safe and happy trip. FAT LADY – Thank you. GLORIA – Mam, if you notice, no matter how cranky and abrasive you are, it didn’t bother me, right? FAT LADY – Right. GLORIA – It’s because a smile is the most powerful antidote versus hurt. I can be hurt only if I wish it, if I will it. I cannot be hurt against my will. I have to approve it. And I disapproved you. FAT LADY – Good point, young lady. You mean to say, if I smile when my husband screams at me, I win? GLORIA – Absolutely. (Fat Lady is about to leave.) Wait, m’am, another thing. Humility is the second antidote versus being hurt. When I said God is punishing you, you did not get hurt because you were humble enough to accept your error. Humility also removes the hurt. FAT LADY – Okay. You mean to say, if I admit my error to my husband instead of making an excuse … GLORIA – Yes, no more quarrel. Here you are, well-dressed, going abroad, and here I am, a lowly employee, giving you a sermon. But you accepted it. FAT LADY – Okay … humility. Here, take this. (She gives her a small bottle of hand lotion.) GLORIA – No need, m’am. FAT LADY – Take it or I will scream. (Gloria accepts it. Fat Lady smiles.) Bye. OKA – (After Fat Lady leaves.) I admire you. You even have props. GLORIA – No one clapped? OKA – There is no queue, that’s why. Look at how God works. GLORIA – Yes. He’s so great. Imagine turning abrasiveness into hand lotion. OKA – Never mind the lotion. What is more important is you changed the tigress into a lamb forever. She will lose her bad moods, because she has seen the Light. And you put her closer to her husband. Maybe you even saved her marriage in the long run. GLORIA – Wow. I can do that? OKA – You did it in a 30-second sermon. GLORIA – She has discovered the secret to life, just like I did with your help. OKA – Just keep on passing it around. You are in customer service, so you have more people to target. Me? I just go to free movies as a senior citizen. You, the world is at your fingertips. GLORIA – Yes!!! eastwind taken from: eastwind journals 88 – TAMING LADY TIGERS simple ways to make fangs docile
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