Rodney Drury

Snow, cold, sick people and cabin fever are the things of my life right now. It's funny that things take longer in the cold and when dealing with "sickies". I find that I have a "sick tolerance". I will lovingly and tenderly care for you so long, but if the "sick tolerance" wears off, look out. Oh, I would never do anything wrong on the outside, it is the inside stuff that you need to be concerned about.

Yet years ago I had a sign hanging in my office that said, "You will worry less about what others think of you when you realize how little they do". So maybe everyone else is thinking about themselves just like I am. I guess that would be a form of unity.

I lovingly pulled my truck up into a snowdrift on our driveway the other day so the women who were coming to our house to meet with Shirley could use the drive. Today I went out to see how bad I was stuck and found about 2 inches of ice under the rear wheels. For a moment I regretted being the doer of good deeds. If you do something nice but later regret it, does that negate the original good deed by the later bad thought?

That is how I feel about a lot of snow now. At first I am excited about it. Then, when I am out helping the neighbors shovel out, I hate it. You know if you helped all your neighbors shovel out their homes for years, I mean you have done it so much that they now expect it, can you post a sign in your yard that says, "Turing 50, Snow help on a first come first serve basis, limited to 2 customers/neighbors." Well the good thing is that I am not out there clearing a 25 car parking lot any more.

Aside from all the grumbling, which I do because I try to get more attention for all the little things I do that I thing should earn me more praise. Aside from all that, I love helping others. So may people have helped me in my life, it would be impossible to count. I like caring for our neighbors, I like seeing people respond when you show them a little love, a little caring. It is like bringing a little hope and happiness into the world simply by helping someone else.

Now that it is my turn to help, I hope all those who helped me can look down (I hope that aren't trying to look up) and see their investment paying off. Thanks guys, family, friends, strangers and all who shared a little love and labor along the highway of life.


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