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"I Believe in you!"
A message of Hope...stories from the
road.
By Bob Perks
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Hello, my Friend!
I do hope you are well and happy.
People often times comment that what they enjoy most about
my stories is that
I share my life as they say, like an open
book.
Today's story is very open.
I do it because in the most difficult
times in my life I found nothing of value in the stories of
super, high rolling, fast track, "How I got rich quick" slick talking, motivational speakers with
"secrets."
Instead, I found myself in the stories of those who fell
down again and again, rising up against
the most tremendous odds and humbly thanked others for
their help.
Today I wrote this message to a friend. "The
man I want to be" when I grow up.
Love to you always and all ways
Bob and Marianne
(Prayers appreciated: Keith and Sarah
are undergoing the most crucial of steps on their path to
becoming parents. All this week and next will make
the difference.)
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Perks Pearl of Wisdom
"Time cannot be stopped, but some days most appreciated by
standing still yourself."
Bob Perks
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Appreciate what I do?
Here's how you can help me:
This link will take you to my web page for more
information,
shopping, and ways you can help.
I humbly thank you in advance...
Love always and all ways,
Bob and Marianne
Perks ********************************************
All stories copyright 2007 Bob Perks
Today's message:
"The man I want to be"
by Bob Perks
My writing comes natural. My story telling is the
best part of who I am. I cannot make lists of steps
to take to a more fulfilling life. But I can tell
you about the times I failed trying.
Sometimes I sit down to write and I can't. It's not
that I can't think of something to say. It's really
because I have too much to tell you.
When that happens, I stop. It happened today until
my friend touched my life again. This is my
message to him and my story for you.
To my friend,
I am
sitting here this morning struggling to come up with a story. A dozen
ideas, a million
reasons,
yet, nothing. I was about to shut off the computer when something told me
to
check
paypal. I didn't receive a notice. There were no email messages
telling me to.
I just
did.
I thought
it was a mistake. I looked at the amount and double checked my account
number.
Then I
saw your name.
At 57 I
have failed to reach the goals I longed for all my life. Just the other
day I received a
report on
my social security benefits. It reviewed my working years back to when I
had my first job.
As time
has begun to lean toward the last years of my life, I struggle with the idea of
being "me."
You see,
I have hardly begun to define who I am. I need more
time.
My report
on social security at first screamed failure. There were only three years
in the past that
I made
over $35,000
$10,000
to $18,000 were, at best, the average. Some under $10,000 were not in
my teen/young
adult
years. They were in my married, parental years where one is supposed to
become more responsible.
The
report was one of a dreamer still chasing a dream with a few high points of
nearly attaining it.
When I
saw the amount you gave to me, I realized that you were honoring nine of those
years as I
celebrate
my writing for "friends I've never met."
I have
come to the conclusion that my life, as complex as ever, is the result of
struggle. Some with
issues of
the heart, some with loss, and still some with fear. Mostly the
struggle has been within myself.
Today I have arrived at a
place, a point in time, which helped me to see, define, the "who" I always
wanted to be.
Most all
my life images of success were defined by big names and huge images of men I
wanted to emulate.
Dee Jays
on the radio, the Beatles, fast talking sales people who worked the numbers in
multi-level marketing, motivational
speakers who would share their secrets of success...for a
price.
None of
it worked for me.
I can see
every one of those people in that social security
report.
Recent
years took me on a different path. I no longer saw value in the
business of making money.
Instead,
I discovered the value of making friends.
There
lies the worth of a man.
The real
lessons in life cannot be found in the idols of the world we cannot come close
enough to
touch,
but in those people who touch us along the way.
What
cannot be reported in my social security numbers are the people I love, the
people I touch and the friends I have.
It is
today, my day of awakening that I finally found the
truth.
The real
"movers and shakers" of the world who positively fashion and change the
lives of people
are not
so worldly, not so renown. They are hard working, men and women who make
their mark
in the world by using the
talents and gifts God has given them to quietly touch the lives of
others.
I pray
that God will forgive me for wasting so much of His time and show me in whatever
time I have
left, how
to become the man He wanted me to be.
Someone
much like you, my friend. "The man I want to be" when I grow
up.
Thank you
for your incredibly generous gift.
"I believe in you!"
Bob
I encourage you to share my stories but I do ask
that you keep my name and
contact information with my work.
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Comments:
Have a comment about today's story?
please write to "2 believe @ comcast .net"
(spaces were placed between words in email
address for security)
"I Wish You enough!"
© 2001 Bob Perks I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye." |
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