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.
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.
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.
4 – Fourth Important Lesson. – The obstacle in Our Path.Â
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
King’s’ wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
and simply walked around it.. Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
vegetables.. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our condition.Â
5 – Fifth Important Lesson – Giving When it Counts….Â
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood to his sister.
I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it if it will save
her.” As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed
next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing
the color returning to her cheek. Then his face
grew pale and his smile faded.
He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away”.
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
sister all of his blood in order to save her.
Think about that, have a great day!