Education

I might have spoken about this before, but it became very apparent yesterday.

As per my previous day blog, my brother quipped "I wish I would have finished my education", meaning that he wished he would have finished college. 

I think about the two degrees that I earned and the opportunities that it has given me.  After spending a few years using my technical degrees in the work force, I stepped away from that profession to do something else, but because I had those degrees to fall back on, that gave me an opportunity to go back into that field.  The education gave me that qualification. 

I'm grateful for my education, and for the different paths that it has afforded me.

Timing

I'm sometimes in awe with the timing of situations in my life.  Not that it always works out in a good way, but when it does, you can't help thinking that someone is watching over you. 

As with previous blogs, I'm not privy to share all the details, and that is the case today. 

My brother got himself into a pickle, and my parents and I had to help him out, most of it monetarily.  The key thing here was that I was able to help.  If this would have happened just a month or two prior, when I had not chosen to go a new job, then I would have not been able to help, and the burden would have fallen on to my parents. 

And although I'm not very happy with the choice my brother made, this situation gave me an opportunity to have sort of a "Come to Jesus" moment with my brother, and hopefully with my coaching and example, I can help him along with his life. 

I'm thankful that God was watching over my brother, and that we were able to help him out with a temporal issue.  I'm also thankful that I had that opportunity to have these little heart-to-heart talks with my brother, and I pray that I can continue to be some positive influence in helping him with his life.

 

Capitalism

I was buying new shoes today.  I ended up going to Rack Room Shoes.  They were having a BOGO sale, supposedly all year.  As I was going through the selections, I was marveling at all he different styles that I can choose from...mainly because companies had the freedom to design their styles of shoes....and as a consumer, I can choose which brands and styles I wanted it.

That's the microcosm of how a free society works....and I'm thankful for that.  And we need to remember that for the upcoming election because President Obama and the other Demon-crats are trying to "make things fair".  You make things fair when everyone retains the freedom to choose their own happiness, not force rich people to pay for entitlement programs for the sake of making things fair.

But I digress....we need to make sure that the United States remains a free country.