Now nearly a week deep in a new year, time to pause and assess, or reassess. Some time for self…
47 degrees at 4:30 a.m. Today’s weather forecast … Sunny, with a high near 60 … Tonight, clear, with a low around 35 … More of the same Saturday, sunny, with a high near 58. A slight chance of rain Sunday and Sunday night … Then back to the same, Monday thru Thursday of next week…
For NFL fans, 24-year-old Damar Hamlin, of NFL fame … apparently is doing some better … first question … “Did we win?” His physician, Dr. Timothy Pritts, said he told him yes … “You won the game of life.” He suffered cardiac arrest after a hit in the Monday night NFL game … Still a ways to go, but the signs are apparently positive … Hamlin has a fund he promotes raising $s for youngsters in his area … Usually in the upper teens or low $20,000 range or less … Up to $7 million now, and climbing … Children in his neighborhood will be the winners…
Remember as a youth, living just about any area of rural Bladen County … When the temp dropped below freezing, mom would make sure there was water in the bucket for drinking, and a bath was ‘hitting’ the high places … whatever that meant … Bottom line, getting bye til a better day…
Remember making corn meal … made out of corn … It was so good … and helped us appreciate a bag of flour occasionally…
And, my granddad Hester never owned a vehicle that I am aware of … Walk 2 or 3 miles to town, and bring back all his necessities in an onion or cabbage bag over his shoulder … One was an orange color and the cabbage bag was green … Seldom heard him complain about anything … quiet, respected individual … Adron Kingsberry Hester … Have heard folks say, when Kingsberry prayed for rain, better have your umbrella … That was maybe a stretch, but he was a good granddad and a good man … Set a good example…
“You can teach better with your example than by your words.” Reed Markham
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.” Albert Einstein
“The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example.” Coach John Wooden
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