I am looking at a blank computer screen no knowing where to start.......
A few things hit me the other day and I will share them. I was thinking about the year (2006) and then I got to thinking about my age. I will not express exact numbers here, but I will just say DAMN!! Where has time gone??? I remember my parents taking me to Disney for the first time, my second grade classmates, breaking my arm, cutting grass for extra money, playing soccer in Jr. high, my high school graduation, being a freshman in college, being a college graduate, my son being born, getting married, getting a divorce, the death of a child, having a successful career, loosing a good friend, loosing about everything else............ and rebuilding.
I had mixed feelings typing all of that. In my travels, I have realized that:
The best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness
The best thing to give an opponent is tolerance
The best thing to give a friend is your heart
The best thing to give a child is a good example
The best thing to give a father is deference
The best thing to give your mother is conduct that will make her proud of you
The best thing to give yourself is respect
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
TREES
I am not doing so well with posting every other day… The past month has been really busy for me, which is a good thing I guess.
This past weekend I had the opportunity to see Tyler Perry, and he said something that stuck with me. I guess you have to listen to a person who has struggled from being homeless to the point where he makes over a million dollars in a weekend, but putting on a dress and playing a character… Go figure!!!!!
Anyway, Tyler said look at your self as a TREE… You have friends that are like leaves. They are there hanging with you, and holding on during the sunny days, but let a hard breeze or storm come along and their gone in the wind.
Other friends are like branches. They grow with you, and help you become bigger and stronger. From time to time you have to trim them and let them grow on their own. Sometimes branches even try to out grow the tree they are attached to.
Lastly, some people are your roots… You don’t really see them but they are there holding you down. Keeping you grounded, and helping you keep a firm grip of life.
The roots are sometimes hard to find but they are always there.
You only fail when you give up……..
This past weekend I had the opportunity to see Tyler Perry, and he said something that stuck with me. I guess you have to listen to a person who has struggled from being homeless to the point where he makes over a million dollars in a weekend, but putting on a dress and playing a character… Go figure!!!!!
Anyway, Tyler said look at your self as a TREE… You have friends that are like leaves. They are there hanging with you, and holding on during the sunny days, but let a hard breeze or storm come along and their gone in the wind.
Other friends are like branches. They grow with you, and help you become bigger and stronger. From time to time you have to trim them and let them grow on their own. Sometimes branches even try to out grow the tree they are attached to.
Lastly, some people are your roots… You don’t really see them but they are there holding you down. Keeping you grounded, and helping you keep a firm grip of life.
The roots are sometimes hard to find but they are always there.
You only fail when you give up……..
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