When you get a lot of people together, there are inevitably challenges and difficulties. So it was a wise move for Robin Webber, who was coordinating the weeklong religious Festival of Tabernacles for more than a thousand people in Escondido, California, to announce a new "beatitude" on the opening night: "Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape."

There's no telling how many irritations and frustrations were quelled by simply remembering that humorous saying! Especially when someone created a slide of Mr. Webber as a contortionist—:smiling with his legs crossed impossibly behind his head!

Further Reading
"The Feast of Tabernacles: Jesus Christ Reigns Over All the Earth" from the booklet Gods Holy Day Plan: The Promise of Hope for All Mankind. Online at www.gnmagazine.org/booklets/HD/alltheearth.htm.