Random Thoughts...Like I Ever Have Anything Different
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If you enjoy these posts, then I apologize for them being so few and far between, and if you don't enjoy them then it doesn't matter anyway. HA!
Like the headline says, these are just random thoughts as I sit here on Christmas Eve reflecting on the holidays and life in general.
Random thought #1.
Trooper Johnathan Leonard.
Doggone it all! The same age as my oldest son. It happened at Christmas time. I am good friends with several Troopers, Sergeants, Lieutenants and Captains and everyone of them, to a man, tell me what a fine boy he was. Boy? Yep, same age as my son; remember? I also know Eugene Sisco, Jr. He's always been courteous, kind and friendly. What brings two fine people together in such a horrible tragedy? What brings them to the wrong place at the wrong time? Don't know. God bless all!
Random thought #2.
The weather.
My buddy, Peter Girouard, says there's a price to pay for all the nice weather. I say "at Christmas time this is not nice weather!" We need a few snow dabs (sic) flying in the air! So, maybe, just maybe, this is not nice weather and we don't have a price to pay. PHHHHWWWWTT! Peter Girouard.
Random thought #3.
Sick.
Dadburnit, everybody I know, it seems, has been sick for a month. (The weather?) I dunno. I started out about 3 weeks ago with a respiratory thing, then it was the stomach virus, and now this week the coughing, wheezing and the respiratory thing AGAIN. There have been numerous people here at EKB who have been sick including my boss, Keith, who has been sicker than I have ever seen him. A physician friend of mine speculates that the warm weather causes the viruses and bacteria to grow muscles instead of dying off as they normally would in cold weather. Maybe we're paying the price now instead of later Peter. PHHHHWWWWTT! on you.
Random thought #4.
The past and the future.
It has been my distinct pleasure to have had Keith Casebolt as my General Manager since August, 1999. (That's not sucking up. He doesn't read this thing because he doesn't know how to turn a computer on). Every year at this time we have looked back and talked about how we could have predicted our successes and failures. No way! We have tried to enter each year with a well oiled plan for success, and thank God, we have been successful, but we have had setbacks as well. When we succeed, a certain amount of it has to be attributed to planning. When we fail, maybe it's fate or maybe we didn't plan well enough. Whatever it is, if we plan for success we will succeed to a degree as fate will allow; and if we plan to learn from the setbacks and it hardens our desire to succeed...then that becomes a success also. Plan to succeed and plan to make that which seems a setback at the moment work in your favor. It can only be called a success.
God Bless!
Stay tuned.
Randy
If you enjoy these posts, then I apologize for them being so few and far between, and if you don't enjoy them then it doesn't matter anyway. HA!
Like the headline says, these are just random thoughts as I sit here on Christmas Eve reflecting on the holidays and life in general.
Random thought #1.
Trooper Johnathan Leonard.
Doggone it all! The same age as my oldest son. It happened at Christmas time. I am good friends with several Troopers, Sergeants, Lieutenants and Captains and everyone of them, to a man, tell me what a fine boy he was. Boy? Yep, same age as my son; remember? I also know Eugene Sisco, Jr. He's always been courteous, kind and friendly. What brings two fine people together in such a horrible tragedy? What brings them to the wrong place at the wrong time? Don't know. God bless all!
Random thought #2.
The weather.
My buddy, Peter Girouard, says there's a price to pay for all the nice weather. I say "at Christmas time this is not nice weather!" We need a few snow dabs (sic) flying in the air! So, maybe, just maybe, this is not nice weather and we don't have a price to pay. PHHHHWWWWTT! Peter Girouard.
Random thought #3.
Sick.
Dadburnit, everybody I know, it seems, has been sick for a month. (The weather?) I dunno. I started out about 3 weeks ago with a respiratory thing, then it was the stomach virus, and now this week the coughing, wheezing and the respiratory thing AGAIN. There have been numerous people here at EKB who have been sick including my boss, Keith, who has been sicker than I have ever seen him. A physician friend of mine speculates that the warm weather causes the viruses and bacteria to grow muscles instead of dying off as they normally would in cold weather. Maybe we're paying the price now instead of later Peter. PHHHHWWWWTT! on you.
Random thought #4.
The past and the future.
It has been my distinct pleasure to have had Keith Casebolt as my General Manager since August, 1999. (That's not sucking up. He doesn't read this thing because he doesn't know how to turn a computer on). Every year at this time we have looked back and talked about how we could have predicted our successes and failures. No way! We have tried to enter each year with a well oiled plan for success, and thank God, we have been successful, but we have had setbacks as well. When we succeed, a certain amount of it has to be attributed to planning. When we fail, maybe it's fate or maybe we didn't plan well enough. Whatever it is, if we plan for success we will succeed to a degree as fate will allow; and if we plan to learn from the setbacks and it hardens our desire to succeed...then that becomes a success also. Plan to succeed and plan to make that which seems a setback at the moment work in your favor. It can only be called a success.
God Bless!
Stay tuned.
Randy
