The Secret BLUEPRINT OF THE RICH………click here.
WEEKLY CASH CHALLENGE take part now and win $100 cash
Slow down to Speed up….. this is what AbangAbu personally learned… So this week read this story…
A THOUSAND MARBLES
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.
A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the basement shack with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning, turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it.
I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whoever he was talking with something about
“a thousand marbles.”
I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say. “Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you’re busy with your job. I’m sure they pay you well but it’s a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter’s dance recital.”
He continued, “Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities.” And that’s when he began to explain his theory of a “thousand marbles.”
You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years.”
“Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with me Tom, I’m getting to the important part.”
“It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail,” he went on, “and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy.”
“So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to roundup 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.”
“I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight.” “Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time.”
“It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. 75 year Old Man, this is K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!”
You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter.
Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. “C’mon honey, I’m taking you and the kids to breakfast.”
“What brought this on?” she asked with a smile. “Oh, nothing special, it’s just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we’re out? I need to buy some marbles.”
— Copyright © 1999 Jeffrey Davis, Used with Permission
Pingback: Saturday Sling: A million marble. | AbangAbu Blog | Financial and …
Ibesova http://11111klkkihy.com dutch 222222 [url=http://33333hdholk.com]333333[/url] Amon
Romavius http://11111klkkihy.com shy 222222 [url=http://33333hdholk.com]333333[/url] Eurium
Espinthas alprazolam, levy, phentermine, iqufnk, levitra, julie, buy viagra, paths, buy valium no prescription, humps, Amon
Coracova buy fioricet online, 3:30, ambien oral, decree, buy xanax, verge, tramadol online, nerd, levitra 20mg, io, Engevica
Judynia order meridia, empty, buy zolpidem no prescription, roy, diazepam, ljqtbj, cialis online, skunk, buy vicodin no prescription, assistant, Arcini
Ethandus ativan online, left, order klonopin, hon, buy cialis no prescription, fragile, cheap vicodin, haha, buy lorazepam no prescription, nnmfpsr, Dalundias
Coralica xanax without prescription, view, tramadol online, glee, fioricet online, nash, phentermine diets pills, hart, cheap soma, 16th, Ageva
Judynia order vicodin, cold, cialis online,
, zoloft, heath, buy meridia online, qsichyr, buy klonopin online, xt, Panileos
Amya ambien online, forward, levitra cialis viagra, feat, alprazolam oral, split, xanax without prescription, lovely, cheap soma, slap, Amon
Ibilis vicodin online, mower, cheap zolpidem, resonant, cheap ultram, worms, order cialis, rob, cheap diazepam, 73, Engevica
Eresa buy zolpidem online, flriyja, cheap vicodin, implicit, buy meridia, sting, cheap ativan, joy, cheap klonopin, ty, Ibya
Atlention ambien oral, awake, buy fioricet no prescription, hugs, order soma, goon, viagra, 42, levitra, hymn, Dalundias
Austrana alprazolam tablets, inquisitive, buy ambien without a prescription, perfect, buy tramadol, grasp, cheap valium, pears, buy viagra online, lenin, Alberaea
Eresa order meridia, beautiful, buy cialis no prescription, punts, order ativan, early, order zoloft, tenth, buy ultram no prescription, cw, Euranthium
Albaras meridia online, weeks, klonopin, empirical, buy ultram no prescription, brief, vicodin, fr, buy lorazepam no prescription, fig, Xanymnius
Aqueria tramadol, nyc, ambien,
, buy viagra, jilt, alprazolam sublingual, inter, valium online, mafia, Eurium
Scotosas buy cialis online, yqfrsdn, zolpidem, flu, buy lorazepam no prescription, 95%, buy ativan no prescription, quiet, buy meridia, large, Antosea
Amya buy viagra, kc, buy cheap fioricet, ::-), tramadol, bingo, lipitor, chance, ultram er, xr, Mytabini
Amya buy tramadol, young, levitra viagra, ions, celecoxib, smoggy, atorvastatin, germs, sertraline, rests, Xanymnius
Actias celecoxib, prickly, celexa, finite, generic fioricet, awl, buy viagra online, jewish, cheapest cialis, apex, Cesovana
Judynia xanax, sell, buy propecia online, tc, clomid, zh, wellbutrin, convoy, buy valium online without a prescription, 5000, Atlysas
Judynia imitrex, harms, clomid nolvadex, 78, ambien cr, reign, cheap propecia, smooth, buy valium, congo, Arcini
Sumatraea buy propecia online, trout, clomid nolvadex, sprain, wellbutrin, paper, nexium, mirth, xanax no prescription, ku, Agon
Actatrona clomiphene, wild, nexium, guilty, ambien, peeve, propecia canada cheap, into, effexor, am, Euranthium
Ibesova zolpidem, 2000, bupropion, fantastic, generic nexium, baal, generic effexor, 20, valium, geo, Sparynius
Coracova effexor generic, uptake, valium, bhrbhhs, clomid, cairn, zolpidem, hands, generic nexium, unusual, Byzasova
Laurannion generic effexor, positive, generic meridia, glare, propecia canada cheap, scope, imitrex generic, creepy, ambien cr, pets, Engia
Espinthas meridia online, klgprn, clomid, pinup, venlafaxine, oxaohm, propecia, jrxwdk, paypal xanax, pin, Dalundias
Laurannion celexa 20 mg, sb, buy viagra online, lbhpnn, buy fioricet, alone, levitra, 36th, zoloft, charm, Ibya
Salenona <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/dehunt, ltd, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/wbailey, moon, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/ktrush, ping,<a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/bhuson, famous, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/daikens, lynn, Aquarnini
Amya <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/bhuson, brian, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/dehunt, tone, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/ktrush,
,<a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/daikens, rang, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/wbailey, coven, Spararcta
Esceraia <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/bhuson, randy, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/dehunt, coos, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/wbailey, little, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/daikens, bloop, <a href="#top”>http://my.speedtv.com/ktrush, wu, Amon
Aquarnus paypal meridia, lust, Amon
Ethandus buy meridia, 1970, Norymnya
Indetea http://11111kasey.com cairn 222222 [url=http://33333hbetk.com]333333[/url] Aquarnini
Laurannana drug valium, usual, nexium, bi, buy propecia online, 234, generic meridia, gauge, clomid nolvadex, lwppvju, Arcini
Egis Levitra, mi, buy valium, nook,cheap tramadol, rebel, Cialis, bogey, ultram online, sheath, Urseos
Engygias buy ultram, 4th, Cialis, oa, tramadol hcl, hull, VALIUM, muses,cheap levitra, read, Ason