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How are you all today? You happy? Anyways, I mean all of you. All categories. Dads, mothers, sisters, brothers. Whether you’re on the top of the heap, the middle of the pile, or a person who hasn’t an inkling of where the hell they happen to be.
It makes no never mind to me. You see, the beauty of my situation is a very simple fact of life. Oh no. I’m not a currently elected official. Not that I haven’t given it some thought. I’m qualified. I once had a relative who lived in Delaware. But I digress. Here’s a couple of salient points about my view on things. First and foremost, it’s a fact of life…I’m not being paid to share what I’ve learned about life. I write and some of you actually read what I share with you.
I’ve learned to always base my information on what information I’m able to glean from a reliable source. Here’s an example: the other day, it was two Saturdays ago, I was sitting at a lunch table waiting for Cathy to complete our weekly shopping trek at Costco. And this old guy saunters up and asks if I’d mind if he shared a spot at my table. Well like me he was wearing a veterans ball cap, and in my circle that qualifies him as a knowledgeable and experienced information supplier. He took notice that I was very busy reading my stack of emails. “Anything interesting today?” he asked. “Nothing earth shattering” I responded. Inside I was fighting back from a giggling laugh building. I knew the dam was open now. This guy figured I was a live one he had captured. He began to talk at me with his first supposedly curiosity question about my life.
“Ever think about what would be your next direction to take?”
And before I had a chance to answer him, he took over the conversation again I became the actor without any lines to read. Without missing a beat he was on stage again.
I mean direction to take with your life.
If you need a direction to take
Why not get up on a wave and take it?
There’s no future in riding in on a wake.
What if you’re like me and need a new direction to take?
What then?
What then if the water is above your head?
It’s better if you stop talking
Try wading for awhile
Maybe you’ve become too old to surf
Deep water ain’t for everyone
Especially if you’re a shallow fellow
And with that he kinda saluted me, got up, and walked away. You meet a lot of interesting people at Costco. And so I bid you from my heart to yours happy shopping in your life.
-Da Harv
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