A man in a hot air balloon realizes that he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man below. He goes closer and yells out, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend that I would meet him a half and hour ago, but I don't know where I am!"
The man below says, "Yes, you are in a hot air balloon, hovering about thirty feet above the ground. You are at latitude 42 degrees north and longitude 58 degrees west."
"You must be a sponsor", said the man in the balloon.
"I am", replies the man on the ground, "How did you know?"
"Well," he says to the sponsor, "everything you have told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is that I am still lost."
"You must be a sponsee", the man on the ground stated.
"That's right, but how did you know?" asked the balloonist.
"Well," replies the sponsor, "you do not know where you are or where you are going. You have made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is, you have the same problem you had when we met except now it is somehow my fault."
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Tell me and I'll forget. Teach me and I'll remember. Involve me and I'll learn.
Hey I have a sponsee like that man...should I check to see if he is in the market for a hot air balloon? I've got an old one to get rid of. Thanks Bob...great analogy. (((hugs)))
A sponsor and his sponsee are out on a boating trip when their boat starts sinking and they end up on a deserted island. The sponsor suggests they split up and head down the beach in different directions to look for help. After about 15 minutes of walking the sponsor comes across a lamp laying in the sand. He says what the heck and starts rubbing it....And a Jeanie comes out and tells him he has one wish.
He thinks a minute and says...."Boy I'd like to be home with my family...Happily working my program...With all my AA friends...."
And POOF....He's gone.
About an hour later his sponsee shows up and finds the lamp. Same routine...Jeanie pops out and grants him one wish. The sponsee thinks about it...."should I ask for this?...Or maybe that?...what if I ask for that and I don't get it....Oh man...I wish my sponsor was here."
