Welcome to Day 1537 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomThe Drill Instructor – Humor UnpluggedWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your Captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1537 of our Trek, and time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Humor Unplugged. Our Thursday podcast will provide a short and clean funny story to help you lighten up and live a rich and satisfying life. Something to cheer you and give a bit a levity in your life. We are told in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+15:30andversion=NLT (Proverbs 15:30) A cheerful look brings joy to the heart; good news makes for good health. We are also encouraged in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+17:22andversion=NLT (Proverbs 17:22) A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. Consider this your vitamin supplement of cheer for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s funny which is titled:
The Drill Instructor
Sergeant Schultz was fresh out of officers training and was appointed drill instructor for an incoming class of recruits for the Marines. The veteran drill instructors were responsible for training the rookie sergeant. They took the Sergent aside and reviewed the drill plans with him. The first rule was that after every command, the recruits must shout back the command and add on “Drill Sergeant” at the end of the command. They also informed the rookie drill sergeant that his recruits must understand the rules for the mess hall. The recruits only have 15 minutes to eat, so they need to shut up, eat up, and then get up.
Sergeant Schultz wanted to impress his fellow drill instructors, so he took his training very seriously. On the first day with his new recruits after the morning revelry, Sergeant Shultz marched his 60 privates into the mess hall for breakfast. Wanting to display his authority, he had them stand in a line and at attention. He then shouted at them this command: “You only have fifteen minutes, so there are three rules in this mess hall: Shut up! Eat up! Get up!”
Checking to see that he had everyone’s attention, he then shouted, “What is the first rule?”
Much to the amusement of the other instructors, 60 privates yelled in unison, “Shut up, Drill Sergeant!”

I hope that brought a smile to your face today. If it did pass your smile onto some else, we all could use a kind smile each day. Our Thursday thought is, “Don’t worry about being physically fit for the Marines. The drill sergeant has a plan for that.”
Here is our verse for today:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A13-14andversion=NLT (Joshua 5:13-14)
When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”
“Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord’s army.”
At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?”
Just as you enjoy these nuggets of humor, please encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’

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