I have 45 minutes until closing time at 2 am. Just you and me Joe. Frank Sinatra on the jukebox singing the song Johnny Mercer wrote -
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
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Things change too fast sometimes. Kids grow up, parents grow old, years on the job come and go. Sometimes it seems like an instant.
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Have you ever seen that movie the Straight Story? Alvin, the old guy driving the tractor to see his sick brother, says "the hardest part about getting old is remembering when you was young."
Audio Clips from The Straight Story
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Have you ever read the 90th Psalm?
It's one of my favorites. Moses wrote it. He is talking about eternity, God's power and human fraility.
One of the lines is,
So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.
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Another beautiful passage comes from Isaiah Chapter 40
A voice says, "Cry out!"
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
All people are grass,
their constancy is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
when the breath of the LORD blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.
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You know what I hope for you my friend?
That you are happy.
That you find a way to joy in your life.
Do what makes you happy when it's time to do that thing.
Work, get high, have kids, don't have kids, don't work, don't get high, drink, stop drinking...live, laugh and love.
Just one more Biblical verse for tonight To every thing there is a season
or if you prefer let's use the Byrds song written by Pete Seeger instead Turn Turn Turn
Peace and good night...drive safe now.
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