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Don Locke: Looking Thru Bifocals....

One or two things.  Depends on how long I can make the first one last.  I do strive to give you my fifty-cent worth.  Self-worth is necessary for a healthy life.  The Bible says “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Sometimes we overlook thyself.  Therefore the Bible says self-worth is OK in moderation- not puffed-up or egotistical. 
English veterinarian, James Herriot, tells of a young man, bachelor who moved to his community.  “He had it all together”, James said.  Looks, a calm self-possessed demeanor, nothing rattle him. Herriot found himself wanting to be more like this guy.  “At times I was exasperated, blowing in the wind, not knowing which way to turn,” the young vet admitted.  “Nothing ever seemed to rattle this composed guy,” Herriot lamented.  “He and his Airedale pooch occasionally took their rest at the local pub- the master at the bar; the dog at his feet grabbing some zees’; a perfect picture, straight out of. Man’s Magazine.
One day the young man and his dog came to the vet clinic-the dog was off his food, not in good fettle…listless, with a considerable weight loss. An examination, it troubled Herriot to have to tell the young man his dog had an incurable, malignant tumor; that the best thing was to, “put him down.”
The unflapple fellow said, “If that is the best thing , so be it.  Let’s go ahead and get it done.”
The man carried his dog’s body to his car, wrapped in a blanket and left. 
Herriot, out on farm calls the next several days, had been sort of out of pocket as to the goings on in town.
One afternoon he was cleaning-up after a calving when the farmer asks him, “Did you hear about the young fellow in town-the newcomer with the Airedale?”
“No, what?” Herriot answered.
“He put a gun to his head and killed himself.”
I guess we all at some time wanted to be as smart, or good looking, or to have-it-all together like someone else.
I learned way back, “I’m who I am, for better or worse.”
I’ll probably never look like Robert Redford.  My hair aint red, and there’s not much of it left. 
Sorry I didn’t get to the second thing.
Kindest regards…

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