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Hello again, Gang. I pray all is well with you. The temperatures are finally cooling here. We had several days with temperatures above 100F. I think that is 37C or 38C. I've only experienced temperatures like that a few times in my life. Thanks to air conditioning, I got through it. I have a little story to make you think today. I hope you enjoy it. Keep on Waving Mike The Best Move I ever Made Ginny and I sat on our deck playing scrabble. It was a warm summer night. The stars were shining, a light breeze cooled our skin, and of course, there was Ginny. The game progressed nicely - our scores close. Ginny formed a word. It extended to the bottom of the board - the last letter placed between two "triple word" squares. It was my turn. I stared at my tiles. My eyes opened wide. There it was - the move of my life. My word spanned both "triple word" squares. I scored 140 points, my personal best. *********************** Life is full of tiles. They're all in front of you, but they're upside down. You don't know what they are until they're picked up. You can't handle too many at one time. You're only allowed to choose seven. You have seven tiles of life in front of you. You stare at them and think to yourself, "Life starts here." They're lined up, but they make no sense. You move them around, trying to arrange them into something logical, but you struggle. The first move has to be right. The letters come together into a word, but it's a small one. Will you use it or keep struggling and make a bigger word? The beauty of the game - you get to replace the tiles you use. Are you going to make small moves, only to pick up a couple of tiles? Remember, the more you use, the more you can pick up - more opportunities. Later in life, if the tiles are put together right, you'll get to have a partner to play with. Their words become stepping-stones for yours. Each decision has an affect on the other's. Time goes by. The last tile is placed on the board. The game is over, but the words you created live on. They are the children fostered, decisions made, friends found,work done, and the life lived. We all start with the same number of tiles. How we use them is up to us. Oh! Remember my 140-point score. It was the highest score I ever made. It represents the day I married Ginny - the day our words came together - the best move I ever made. Michael T. Smith Send your comments to: mtsmith@qwestonline.com Feel free to share my stories, but please leave the the links below. Keep on Waving Mike To subscribe - http://subs.zinester.com/86758 Archives - http://archives.zinester.com/86758 To unsubscribe: http://www.zinester.com/cgi/unsub.cgi?86758&0& |
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