As I told a friend a very long time ago, choices are always about how to spend ones energies. In meditations, I find myself grateful for the reminders of that truth that this story contains. ...Alan, blindsided by the surprise delivery, waited until he got home to study the full, amazing narrative. As he was applying to colleges and preparing for a major in computer engineering, the last few lines resonated particularly well. I know by now you are approaching the age when you will embark on your own journey, Owens wrote. Might I make a suggestion? Pick up your adventures with Stanley where ours ended. Put him in your wallet, he wrote. You will undoubtedly face hard times. You will experience lows and uncertainty. But, whenever you feel despair or emptiness setting in, remember a saying I learned in the Army — If you ever get to the point where its hopeless and nothing more can be done, youve overlooked something. And, if you need a second opinion, there silently, you will have a passenger, hanging out, folded up in your back pocket, that can vouch for me.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:58:44 +0000
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