Around noon, after much negotiating on the phone, I received a call from the trucker and he said he was just leaving the Denver Airport. Amy from my custom brokers in Chicago who helped me secure delivery yesterday rather than today, told me it’d be late in the afternoon before I should expect delivery. Well, the trucker, who’s been delivering to me for years, and who I always give some wine, jumped right on it and was 3 or 4 hours early.<\/p>\n
I was up north but made it home about 5 minutes after he arrived. I told him he made good time and he replied, “and yea, I even stopped for a drink” and he didn’t mean soda pop either. He’s a nice guy with about 3 teeth, a beat up old cowboy hat and tattoo’s up and down his arms. He’s nice and like I said, has been my driver for 4 or 5 years. James, who used to take care of my dad, showed up, as I hired him for a couple hundred bucks to help carry it all in. Dr. Gander, the 70 some year old dentist who you’ve heard me talk about, stopped and helped also. It only took about an hour to move the 250 cases and now the house is packed.<\/p>\n
Today I’ll need to repackage about half of those and get them ready for Fed Ex tomorrow. Meanwhile Lori was at work until about 5 or so, the boys well, were boys and that about wraps it up. It’s 4:49 now and I need to get to the gym before all the work I have here so time to run. Hope all’s well, here’s another couple stories to chew on, God Bless.<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>4 – Fourth Important Lesson. – The obstacle in Our Path.\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a<\/p>\n
roadway.\u00c2\u00a0 Then he hid himself and watched to see if<\/p>\n
anyone would remove the huge rock.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the<\/p>\n
King’s’ wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by<\/p>\n
and simply walked around it..\u00c2\u00a0 Many loudly blamed the<\/p>\n
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did<\/p>\n
anything about getting the stone out of the way.<\/p>\n
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of<\/p>\n
vegetables..\u00c2\u00a0 Upon approaching the boulder, the<\/p>\n
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the<\/p>\n
stone to the side of the road.\u00c2\u00a0 After much pushing<\/p>\n
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the<\/p>\n
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed<\/p>\n
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had<\/p>\n
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note<\/p>\n
from the King indicating that the gold was for the<\/p>\n
person who removed the boulder from the roadway.\u00c2\u00a0 The<\/p>\n
peasant learned what many of us never understand!<\/p>\n
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve<\/p>\n
our condition.\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>5 – Fifth Important Lesson – Giving When it Counts….\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a<\/p>\n
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who<\/p>\n
was suffering from a rare & serious disease.\u00c2\u00a0 Her only<\/p>\n
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood<\/p>\n
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had<\/p>\n
miraculously survived the same disease and had<\/p>\n
developed the antibodies needed to combat the<\/p>\n
illness.\u00c2\u00a0 The doctor explained the situation to her<\/p>\n
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would<\/p>\n
be willing to give his blood to his sister.<\/p>\n
I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a<\/p>\n
deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it if it will save<\/p>\n
her.”\u00c2\u00a0 As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed<\/p>\n
next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing<\/p>\n
the color returning to her cheek. Then his face<\/p>\n
grew pale and his smile faded.<\/p>\n
He looked up at the doctor and asked with a<\/p>\n
trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away”.<\/p>\n
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the<\/p>\n
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his<\/p>\n
sister all of his blood in order to save her.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Think about that, have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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