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Saw this on BrandMeister’s Telegram group
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Growing up we had 4 apple trees on our property. Every season my old man and I would labor for days picking bushels after bushels. We throw them in the back of the little trailer connected to our John Deere riding mower, drive to the corner of the road and sell them to executives working at John Deere World Head Quarters. Each year they’d look at the apples hand selected by my pops and I and exclaim “Looks like I got the best in the bunch!” I’d develop a mischievous smile and agree with them, take the 5 dollar bill and hand to my old man who’d shoot me a smile back.You see every year we would pick through hundreds of apples picking some straight from the tree and some from the ground. Every season a few apples would shine through. Perfect color, perfect shape, and just felt right. Some times I’d find them hanging right in front of my face, but my favorites were the ones on the ground. Covered in a little bit of mud, laying next to bruised and broken apples. None the less perfect. I’d set those aside.After a week of selling our apples. My old man and I would come back to my personal picks. The best of the bunches. My old man never sold an apple he wouldn’t eat, but he let me pick the best ones because he said I had an eye for them. We’re they any better than all the other ones? Probably not. But in my eyes they were the best, and all those folks who bought those other apples had no idea what they were missing.Here comes the punch line. You have been through a lot. Life hasn’t been the easiest. You may have been high up in the tree hanging by a limb, only to be knocked down in the mud. You stayed strong though, you kept it together when those around you let the world break and bruise them. All I’ve had to do was come by and help wipe the dirt off with just a little reminder, that you my friends are the best of the bunch. Trust me, I’ve got an eye for them.Thank all of you for being the best of my bunch. Go out today and find someone that may be down in the mud, or hanging by a limb. Remind them they are the best of your bunch. -
I did not write this and I’m not sure who did – but WOW does it speak to my heart!!! Worth the read. Don’t wait to read it later!Barely the day started and… it’s already six in the evening.Barely arrived on Monday and it’s already Friday.… and the month is already over.… and the year is almost over.… and already 40, 50 or 60 years of our lives have passed.… and we realize that we lost our parents, friends.and we realize it’s too late to go back…So… Let’s try, despite everything, to enjoy the remaining time…Let’s keep looking for activities that we like…Let’s put some color in our grey…Let’s smile at the little things in life that put balm in our hearts.And despite everything, we must continue to enjoy with serenity this time we have left. Let’s try to eliminate the afters…I’m doing it after…I’ll say after…I’ll think about it after…We leave everything for later like ′′ after ′′ is ours.Because what we don’t understand is that:Afterwards, the coffee gets cold…afterwards, priorities change…Afterwards, the charm is broken…afterwards, health passes…Afterwards, the kids grow up…Afterwards parents get old…Afterwards, promises are forgotten…afterwards, the day becomes the night…afterwards life ends…And then it’s often too late….So… Let’s leave nothing for later…Because still waiting see you later, we can lose the best moments,the best experiences,best friends,the best family…The day is today… The moment is now…We are no longer at the age where we can afford to postpone what needs to be done right away. -
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