Backdoor

This is another life lesson that most young people and far too many old people never figure out. It’s simple - ‘always know where the backdoor is.’

A number of years ago, a traveling gospel music group found themselves in a tiny fundamental church in the hills of Arkansas. They performed their joyous music and everything was going just fine until the church preacher and deacons brought out a box of snakes. These were people that believed in snake handling as part of the services.

Shocked and afraid, one member of the gospel group turned to another and asked, "where is the backdoor?" The reply was, "there is no backdoor." The first person then asked, "reckon where do they want one?"

How many times have you gotten yourself into something that there was seemingly no way out? Humans don’t usually think of retreating in everyday life. But the truth is, there is no harm in looking for an escape before you need it. And, often it pays to find more than one way out before you start. Any good military officer always plans for retreat, just in case.

Backdoor’s are important. That’s why they put them on houses.

They don't put them on out houses. But, that’s one place you just can’t retreat from.

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