In the News - November 2009
Lesson learned: It could be worse
PIGGOTT, Ark. - A lot of people have put in a lot of hard work and long hours
only to be disappointed by poor weather and crop losses. What I would like to
ask you to do is search yourself and ask: "Are things really that bad?"
It's a lesson taught me by my former secretary Jeannie Benson, who died after
a long battle with cancer.
When you watch someone come to work after a long chemotherapy session and are
glad to be there, it makes coming in to work seem a lot easier than you might
think.
Life doesn't seem nearly as bad as you thought it was when you go through an
experience like that, mainly because life is so precious
Try and reflect on the good things you have in life, especially if you are
blessed with good health, good family, good friends and thousands of other
blessings we tend to take for granted. We all have things that get to us and
everyone has the right to have a little meltdown now and then.
I'll be the first to tell you that we all get the blues and get down and
think we have it bad.
Jeannie left this world smiling, not complaining and with a positive
attitude. My thanks still go to Jeannie for making me realize, things can be
worse.
So during this holiday season, remember to tell someone that you care about
that you love them, offer to help a neighbor or friend, go visit the elderly or
do some good deed.
Above all, remember to be thankful for all that you have and all
that's bad that you don't have.
The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offers its program to all eligible
persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age,
disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status,
and is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer."
November 13, 2009
By Andy Vangilder
Clay County Extension Agent - Staff Chair
Media Contact: Elizabeth Fortune
Extension Communications Specialist
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2120
efortune@uaex.edu
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