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This was shared by my good friend Bill. He keeps me and our friends aware of the important things in life. Thank you Bill.
NEVER FORGET YOUR FRIENDS
A newlywed young man was sitting on the porch on a humid day, sipping ice tea with his Father.As he talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities, and obligations, the Father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look on his Son.
"Never forget your friends," he advised, "they will become more important as you get older.""Regardless of how much you love your family and the children you happen to have, you will always need friends. Remember to go out with them occasionally (if possible), but keep in contact with them some how.
"What strange advice!" thought the young man. "I just entered the married world, I am an adult and surely my wife and the family that we will start will be everything I need to make sense of my life."
Yet, he obeyed his Father; kept in touch with his friends and annually increased their number. Over the years, he became aware that his Father knew what he was talking about.
Inasmuch as time and nature carry out their designs and mysteries on a person, friends are the bulwarks of our life.
After 70 years of life, here is what he, I and you will have learned:
Time passes.
Life goes on.
Children grow up.
Children cease to be children and become independent. And to the parents, it breaks their heart but the children are separated of the parents because they begin their own families.
Jobs / careers come and go.
Illusions, desires, attraction, sex....weakens.
People can't do what they did physically when they were young.
Parents die but you move on.
Colleagues forget the favors you did .
The race to achieve slows.
But, true friends are always there, no matter how long or how many miles away they are.
A friend is never more distant than the reach of a need, intervening in your favor, waiting for you with open arms or in some way blessing your life.
When we started this adventure called LIFE, we did not know of the incredible joys or sorrows that were ahead. We did not know how much we would need from each other.
Love your parents, take care of your children, but keep a group of good friends. Stay in touch with them but do not impose your criteria.
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I finished reading Terry Brooks latest book, “The Skaar Invasion.” He has not lost his touch and held my interest throughout the thirty three chapters. I was so engrossed in the story that I did not pay attention to where I was and turning the page found out I had reached the end.
Ahh! What happens next?
Stay-tuned for the next exciting book of “The Fall of Shannara” series. Available sometime in 2019.
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I’m still working on my guitar but figured that I might get some assistance from Stuart.
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“What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.”
G.K. Chesterton
(Thank you “Aunt Donna” for this quote.”)
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Dee shared this beautiful rendition of St. Patrick’s Prayer by Maria Guillo.
"A Golden Treasury of Irish Poetry, AD 600-1200" (by Greene, David; Frank O'Connor) cites the prayer as probably dating from the eighth century.
The prayer is written in the style of a druid chant. Legend has it that St Patrick recited these words before encountering a number of druids who had been plotting against him. When the pagans were due to face St Patrick down and ambush him, all they saw was a gentle doe, followed by twenty fawns. God had disguised St Patrick and his followers, and honoured his prayer. Hence St Patrick's prayer is sometimes referred to as " The Deer's Cry".
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Yes, the rain continues.
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Ricky Nelson - “I Will Follow You.”
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Go over to "This Ain't the Lyceum," where Kelly is hosting more takes.
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