Will Power

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Moishe Sheiner arrives home from work and as soon as he sets foot in the house, his wife Miriam is on to him about her favorite topic – that they should go on a diet together. This time, she tells him that they their friend Baruch Bloom has finally quit smoking.

"Imagine that, Moishe," she says, "someone who smoked 3 packs a day for 20 years has stopped smoking all of a sudden. Now that's what I call will power – something that you definitely don’t have."

But Miriam hadn’t finished.

"And that’s not all. I hear that Reuven, that friend of yours from shul, is finally giving up drinking – another example of the kind of will power that you don’t have."

"OK, Miriam," said Moishe, "You want to see will power, do you? Well here's will power. I am not eating any dessert for the rest of my life. No cookies, no cake, no chocolate – nothing! And let’s see if you can keep up with me!”

Remarkably, Moishe keeps to his word. And so did Miriam.

One night, while he was sleeping he heard some noise in the kitchen. Thinking it was a burglar he got out of bed and crept into the kitchen only to find his wife sitting at the table devouring an enormous chocolate cake.

“So you couldn’t keep up with me then,” Moishe asked with a smile.

“No, I was doing just fine thank you very much.”

“So what happened?”

“Baruch Bloom started smoking again."

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