Do What You Can When You Can
by David F. Slonaker, Ph.D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. PARADOX ABOUNDS
A Roadblock Becomes a Stepping Stone
The Wrong Shall be Right
You Hear Me Now, I’ll Shoot You
Psychologist Learns from an Unlikely Source
The Greatest Paradox
A Coming Paradox
Lessons Learned

2. ARROGANCE
Therapy Session Cancelled
Let’s Not Inhibit the Little Tykes
I’m Being Cheated
Dead Horse: Poor Return on Investment
Everybody Stay After Class
Arrogance at the Dinner Table
You See This Pitch Fork, Boy?
Lessons Learned

3. JUST THE FACTS, MA’M
500 Foot Television Tower Topples
He Walked Off the Operating Table and Kept Going
Broken Turtle Restored
Disappearing Lipstick
Graduate Student Makes Kindergarten Mistake
We Need More Productivity
Mrs. Slonaker, You Have a Broken Back
Steering Wheel Failure
Where Are We?
Lessons Learned

4. YOU ARE YOUR OWN WORSE ENEMY
Don’t Tell Yourself “No”
Your Heart Is OK Dr. Slonaker
Minister Dies from Hepatitis
Ham Salad Not As Tasty as Usual
The Property Line Runs Through Your Barn: You’ll Have to Move It
Smoker Losses Sense of Smell
Fertilize Spreader Bounces off Eighteen Wheeler
Yankee Driver Stuck in Tennessee Snow
I Must Not Pay Too Much--Even To My Own Mother
Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later
Lessons Learned


5. WHAT A CHRISTIAN ISN’T
Minister Takes Out contract on Ex-Spouse
Moonshine Still on My Tree Farm
I’ve Been Called by God
I’ll Do You a First-Rate Christian Job
I Was a “No Show”
No Further Questions, Your Honor
Half Full Pond
Nervous in the Service
No! I Don’t Want the Best for My Children
Where’s Your Sense of Humor
Lessons Learned

6. LOVE
You Talk to Your Enemies
Daddy, You Need to Apologize to Rick
The Coat off His Back
Frank, This Doctor Can’t Deliver a Baby. He’s Drunk!
State Fair or Bust
Butting Cow Nails a Victim
Over Four Hundred Miles from Home in a Crippled Truck
Lessons Learned

7. GOD RELIANCE: PRAYER 101
I’ve Burned Up Our Dog
Real Estate Closing with a Twist
You Were Lucky to Get One Cent of the $18,000 He Owed You
Another Dry Hole
Lord, Save Me and These Mules
Pray Then Like This
Lessons Learned

8. SELF-RELIANCE
New Chimney About to Fall
You Don’t Qualify for the Tax Break
No Free Hay Today
Don’t Run Over Any Cars with Your Bike
Snake in the House
Fishing Lures Stolen
Taking Credit for Another’s Work
Twelve-Year-Old Has Automobile Accident
Lessons Learned


9. FAITH AND WORKS
Discharged AMA
The Origins of Super Glue
Daddy, You Don’t Do What You Say in Your Book
Zilch for Wedding Photographs
Calf Born on Tiny Sand Bar
We Donated Money: That’s Enough
Lessons Learned

10. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN
Children, Get Mr. Slonaker Some Water
Blue Suede Shoes
I’m In It for the Duration
It Was His Birthday
Cultipacker Makes the Rounds
A Christian Decides to Lie
Pay unto Caesar What Is Caesar’s
My Favorite, Grape Bubble Gum
We Were Strangers, and You Took Us In
Lessons Learned

11. DO WHAT YOU CAN WHEN YOU CAN
Failure in the Laboratory
Do What You Can Sometimes Means Doing Nothing
Chemical Plant Explosion: Fifteen Dead
Overworked Psychologist
Affair Interference
You Can Keep on Learning
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Expectations
Techniques to Better Do What You Can
Lessons Learned

12. YOU COULD BE A CHRISTIAN
You Could Be A Christian If You…