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[SilverDoctor]

Every now and again I read this little story, Can't remember where I got it or who wrote it. But I like just it.

 

---THE YOUNG MAN WAITED FOR HIS INFANT SON TO FALL ASLEEP SO HE

COULD GO FISHING AGAIN. HE HAD BROUGHT HIS YOUNG FAMILY TO

THE LAKE, CAUGHT HIS FIRST RAINBOW THAT MORNING AND WAS

ANXIOUS TO PURSUE A SECOND. HE WAITED AND THOUGHT OF THE

POST-WAR TEARDROP TRAILER HE WAS BUILDING AT HOME. WHEN IT

WAS COMPLETE, THERE WOULD BE MORE HOLIDAYS WITH HIS YOUNG

FAMILY, FISHING AND EXPLORING. THE BOY’S EYES CLOSED AND HE

DRIFTED OFF, UNAWARE THAT A LARGE CIRCLE HAD JUST OPENED. IT

IS A CIRCLE OF STEWARDSHIP, BASED ON HOPE RATHER THAN

EXPECTATION. YOU MAKE TIME FOR YOUR FAMILY EARLY IN LIFE,

HOPING THEY WILL HAVE TIME FOR YOU LATER ON.....................

 

THE YOUNGER MAN WAS GETTING IMPATIENT AS HIS FATHER

SLOWLY ATE HIS LUNCH. HE COULD SEE A RISE ON THE LAKE AND

IT DEFIED CONVENTIONAL WISDOM. HE WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT AND

FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT HIS FATHER WANTED TO GO

DOWN TO THE LODGE, DRINK COFFEE AND TALK TO RETURNING

FISHERMEN. IF HE DIDN’T GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE, PARTS OF

HIS THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE LOST. THE YOUNGER MAN RELAXED

AND WAITED. THERE WOULD BE TIME TO FISH AFTER SUPPER. THE

OLDER MAN TOOK A LEISURELY BITE OF HIS BREAD AND WONDERED

WHY HIS SON WAS NOT CHECKING OUT THIS UNUSUAL RISE. HE WAS

UNAWARE THAT THE CIRCLE HAD JUST CLOSED................

 

Don't forget to smell the roses and enjoy the moment. Moments disappear so quickly.

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Good stuff Silverdoctor. Seems like only yesterday I could cradle both my kids...one on each arm. Now they are in their 20's and a man really does wonder where the time and moments have gone.