I want to tell a story with a few metaphors about how sometimes people can offer us opportunities and knowledge and yet knowing how to take advantage of this can be hard and complicated.
I once worked for a very wealthy man. He made his fortune in real estate, banking, and hospitality.He is now diseased so I will call him Mr. B since he is not around to put in his words.We were sitting at a bar alone in a restaurant I was helping run for him and discussing the meaning of life so to speak. Things like turning lemons into lemonade ex. He had 10 small business that were separate from his big ones and he wanted to train me to be able to take them over upon his death, which was very faltering. His reasoning was everyone liked me, I was eager, and I looked like his favorite dead uncle! He told me everything that would happen over the next 8 years as far as the economy, and he was 100% right. I feel stupid I did not find a way to use this knowledge to do some good. He told me how everything in life was like a bell cure, and some people made money when things were on the way up, and others when things were down, but a few really smart people knew how to shift and change with the times and make money all the time.I turned him down, because I was working 7 days a week already, and I hardly saw my family, and everyone who dedicated themselves to him while financially successful, were unhappy from what I could see as people. I also was not making enough to keep my farm, which I did have to sell anyway.
I feel badly I didn't get to say goodbye to him though. He was a good guy and only wanted to teach people what he thought would work for them. He had four wives, many children, and grand children who I hope benefited from his hard work, and are using what he left them to make a positive impact on the world he so dearly loved. He told me how he loves them all very much and worried about them all them time. He felt badly when ever he couldn't be there for something that was important to them or he disappointed them in some way, but he also fealt very blessed to have had the life he had.
For me I would like to use a riding metaphor to illustrate this concept I am still trying to apply to my life, to help achieve my goals. When jumping the landing and strides after a jump are just as important as the approach and take off, and technique while airborne, because there may be another fence to jump and if the course is over you want to be sound and in good health to face the next course. The same principle could be applied to dressage just replace the jump with a movement!
I am still trying to create the life I hope for myself and those I love. I also feel horrible when I can't be there for any of them in any way and any time I disappoint them in any way.I am thankful for the chance to try and the life I have had even though I have failed many times. I have succeeded a few,and its NOT OVER!!!
***THANK YOU MR B!!! YOU ARE MISSED AND REMEMBERED!!!
I hope this has helped you in some small way.
Sincerely,
John
P.S If I can help you in any way, please let me know,and I will try to do what I can.
I once worked for a very wealthy man. He made his fortune in real estate, banking, and hospitality.He is now diseased so I will call him Mr. B since he is not around to put in his words.We were sitting at a bar alone in a restaurant I was helping run for him and discussing the meaning of life so to speak. Things like turning lemons into lemonade ex. He had 10 small business that were separate from his big ones and he wanted to train me to be able to take them over upon his death, which was very faltering. His reasoning was everyone liked me, I was eager, and I looked like his favorite dead uncle! He told me everything that would happen over the next 8 years as far as the economy, and he was 100% right. I feel stupid I did not find a way to use this knowledge to do some good. He told me how everything in life was like a bell cure, and some people made money when things were on the way up, and others when things were down, but a few really smart people knew how to shift and change with the times and make money all the time.I turned him down, because I was working 7 days a week already, and I hardly saw my family, and everyone who dedicated themselves to him while financially successful, were unhappy from what I could see as people. I also was not making enough to keep my farm, which I did have to sell anyway.
I feel badly I didn't get to say goodbye to him though. He was a good guy and only wanted to teach people what he thought would work for them. He had four wives, many children, and grand children who I hope benefited from his hard work, and are using what he left them to make a positive impact on the world he so dearly loved. He told me how he loves them all very much and worried about them all them time. He felt badly when ever he couldn't be there for something that was important to them or he disappointed them in some way, but he also fealt very blessed to have had the life he had.
For me I would like to use a riding metaphor to illustrate this concept I am still trying to apply to my life, to help achieve my goals. When jumping the landing and strides after a jump are just as important as the approach and take off, and technique while airborne, because there may be another fence to jump and if the course is over you want to be sound and in good health to face the next course. The same principle could be applied to dressage just replace the jump with a movement!
I am still trying to create the life I hope for myself and those I love. I also feel horrible when I can't be there for any of them in any way and any time I disappoint them in any way.I am thankful for the chance to try and the life I have had even though I have failed many times. I have succeeded a few,and its NOT OVER!!!
***THANK YOU MR B!!! YOU ARE MISSED AND REMEMBERED!!!
I hope this has helped you in some small way.
Sincerely,
John
P.S If I can help you in any way, please let me know,and I will try to do what I can.
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