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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!
It is a fine day in PA!
Guess what? I am co-hosting the Pennsylvania Polka
Show" on Channel 44 WVIA TV again on Saturday, the opening day of the
Bloomsburg Fair! 8-9 p.m live! I did it for the first time last
year.
For most of you this means nothing. For me, it
brings out the kid in me. I love the fair. I love the food. I
love the people.
Okay, enough silliness.
It's going to be another tragic event in the south.
Please pray that lives are not lost this time. My heart is hurting so
badly for those who have already been hit and those who are running for their
lives tonight.
Do what you can, wherever you can, for as long as you
can.
I believe in you!
Bob and Marianne
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Perks Pearl of Wisdom
"You can't predict the future, but you
can influence it. One second, one minute, one hour, one day at a
time." Bob Perks
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Today's Message:
"The Cone of Uncertainty"
By Bob Perks
There it was again. I never really paid much
attention to it until a man pointed it out to me.
"The cone of uncertainty."
Almost sounds like a science fiction movie or a ride at an
amusement park.
I happened to be passing through one of the department
stores pausing for a moment in the television section. Those large screen
TV's always grab my attention.
"Wow! This is beautiful." I said.
"Are you certain?" the man asked me.
"Well, yes", I replied.
"You know there is a "cone of uncertainty" in everything,"
he said smiling.
Where did I hear that before?
"Aren't you sick of hearing about the "cone of
uncertainty"? he said.
"I don't know what you..." he interrupted me.
"Right there on the weather report. They can fly men
to the moon but they can't tell you exactly where a hurricane will
hit. They always leave room for the "Cone of uncertainty!" he said
emphasizing the quotation marks with his hands.
"Oh, that's where I heard that before. Well, it
appears they can't be certain about things like that," I said.
"That's life! You can't be certain about
anything. It seems to me that my whole life has been in that cone of
uncertainty," he said sarcastically.
"Maybe you haven't been paying attention to that red line
there in front of you," I replied.
He actually looked down at his feet.
"What red line?" he asked.
"There, do you see that on the weather report? They
use the red line to mark the probable path of the hurricane. The cone you
speak of is a variation of up to 200 miles."
"So?"
"So, you've been traveling like an unpredictable
hurricane. The difference is you can choose to stay on course or not," I
said.
"When were you born?"
"1949," he replied.
I then took out a pen and paper and placed a
dot on the edge of the paper.
"What's your name?"
"Steve."
"Hurricane Steve was born right here. Then you
traveled all around the place as unpredictable as the weather never staying on a
course, or having a plan to get to where you wanted to be. Today I'm
standing right here next to you. Is this where you wanted to
be?"
"Well, no."
I stopped drawing the line and handed him the
paper.
"Now, plot a course you want to take. Make a
plan. Have a goal. Create a future. Draw a red line toward a
place you'd like to be ten years from now. No, it won't be
straight. But each time it goes off course you can re-direct
it."
He stood quietly looking at the paper.
"It's like a flight on an airplane. Say you want to
go to San Diego. The pilot knows where he's going because he has a
flight plan. But along the way, a storm arises, air traffic is heavy, or a
hundred other reasons causes him to adjust the route. He made those
changes along the way because he had to, but he arrives at his destination
anyway."
Still nothing from him.
I turned and stood in front of him.
"Do you want to spin around in circles the rest of your
life? Do you want to go crashing through life causing all sorts of
damage?"
"No."
"Well, hurricane Steve, it's time to hit land, slow
down and start heading in the right direction."
The only cone of uncertainty is not having a plan for
your life.
Steve?
The last I saw him that day was in the stationery
department buying a red marker.
So where are you headed?
"I believe in You!"
Bob Perks
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