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Sunday, December 20, 2009

This I believe in the Golden Rule

I believe we should always treat others as we want to be treated. If we don’t follow through with the Golden Rule bad things will happen it’s a fact. If we go bomb another country they are bound and determined to bomb us. If we treat that country with compassion and care they will treat us with compassion and care.

We live our lives being selfish always looking out for our best interest, in the end though are we really looking out for our best interest? This comes from the statement, I will rub your back if you rub mine. Sometimes and most of the time, we will have to rub the backs of those we despise of first. Gratification doesn’t come through money or things, it come through the ones that care when we need it most. Through the years I have put this statement to the test, and 9 out of 10 times it works. For example the other day my wife and I were having a hard time, we were arguing and getting into small fights. When she left for school I cleaned the whole house and cooked a batch of cookies. When she returned home she couldn’t stop thanking me and we didn’t have one argument for the whole next week, all because of one little gesture of kindness.

If we all just lived by the Golden Rule do onto others as we want done onto ourselves, this world would be a much more peaceful place. Though we still might have a few bad eggs we just have to kill them off with kindness. They may be stubborn and very rude but if you just go out of your way to treat them with compassion sooner or later they will brake and return the favor. This Golden Rule does have a downside, the fact that we are selfish human beings and such a hard time putting the ones we despise of the ones we hate first. We can give them money we can give them things but a little of our time is all they need.

So I encourage you to do onto others as you want done onto ourselves and you view the results if it doesn’t work right away don’t give up because sooner or later it will. The Golden rule knows no boundaries of race, religion, or sex it only knows an act of kindness can go a long way. It is with this Golden rule that we can spread peace throughout this world one person at a time.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Classical Pranks

So this last Saturday we were fairly busy at work but I had a little down time to pull a couple of pranks. My first prank was quite simple but worked excellent. As we all know there is snow on the ground, well I got me some that snow and made me a ball. Instead of throwing it at somebody I placed it on my co-workers front desk chair while he was still sitting in it. I walked away and got back to work. A couple of minutes later he comes out laughing and his pants were soaked. He said he started to feel something getting wet when he stood up he found a snow ball. Just a simple innocent prank. My next prank was the more elaborate one and lasted much longer. My co-worker decided to get out of doing some work, he would volunteer to go pick up a customer. As he headed on his way I went out of my way to pull one of his spark plug wires off on his vehicle. When he arrived back and all the work was done it was time to go home. I challenged him to a race with our vehicles I got in mine and started it up. Then he got in his and, cranked and cranked. I asked him what had happened he though the fuel pump went out. So I pulled his vehicle into our shop and we began to look it over after about 30 minutes I pretended to find the loose wire. Mind you there are about five other people in the shop that know whats going on this whole time. We put the wire back on and the vehicle started the funniest part was he was on cloud nine. We had our shop Christmas party that night and I waited until then to tell him boy was he embarrassed.

Meeting Rush Hour Head On

This post takes place last Wednesday during the heavy snow storm it was about 5 pm and vehicle were everywhere. We receive a call about a two car pile up from the police department and quickly headed out. We had no clue how severe the accident was as we rarely do. As we heading to the scene we saw flashing lights coming down the road it was a fire truck heading in the same direction we were. At this point and time my stomach started turning inside out I had no clue how bad this wreck was going to be. By the time we made it to the scene the whole valley was flashing with lights. There was about 4 cop cars, 1 first responder, and two fire trucks and our two to trucks. I don't believe I have ever saw so many flashing lights or emergency vehicles in one spot. The road was completely blocked off and even we had to wait a minute or two to even be allowed to get the vehicles. As we made our way up the hill I soon realized what the problem was two vehicles had met head on, one going up the hill one coming down. We asked if everyone was ok, and they all were the vehicles were wreck fairly bad but we soon had cleared them out. Traffic was building up and we quickly headed home. I still to this day cannot figure out why so many emergency vehicle were on scene for this accident. The important part is everyone was ok and they will all get to enjoy Christmas this year with their families.

Slow Down Near Flashing Lights!

The other night when it was very icy out I received a call from the police department about a rolled over vehicle. I said I would take the call but the officer said the roads were glare ice so they couldn't leave a patrol car on the scene. I hopped into my tow truck and took my time heading to the scene the officer wasn't lying it was glare ice. Long story short while I was working on winching out the vehicle which was around a slight corner on the back side of a hill I saw headlight heading down the hill. I faced the headlights and watched the vehicle, which I soon realized the was heading straight for me I got ready to jump but just before I jumped the vehicle caught traction and went into the ditch on the opposite side of the road and drove back out. I feared for my life that night and realized how valuable life is. Thank God that car got traction or I would be in the hospital or worse. I just wan't to remind everyone a lot of police officers, construction workers, and tow truck drivers loose their life's every year by people that fail to pay attention to conditions or the flashing lights. I urge you to please slow down and please give the people who some day might help you out of a slippery situation some space to work.