Grind of Shine

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY 1ST FRIDAY IN MAY!

GHS FFA Placed 5th at the National Range Judging Contest! School from Texas claimed with the top 5 places at the National Range Judging Contest held in Oklahoma City.  Congrats to our team - Jake Holland, Shanna Gleason, Gustavo Ramirez and Terry Wainscott and to Ag Teacher, Jacob Lange!

Graham Steer Baseball- Graham Steers beat Wylie 1-0 last night in game 1 of the three game series! John Collins with the Walk-Off Double! Loesch gets the win with 6 innings of shutout ball. Game 2 on Saturday at Wylie. Great job Steers!!! Game 2 will be at Wylie HS on Saturday at 1:00 pm.

Lady Blues Softball- The Lady Blues dropped game 1 last night to Stephenville 0-2.   Game 2 is at 6:00 this evening in  Jacksboro. Go Lady Blues!

Grind or... Shine

Adversity is the grindstone of life. Intended to polish you up, adversity also has the ability to grind you down. The impact and ultimate result depend on what you do with the difficulties that come your way. Consider the phenomenal achievements of people experiencing adversity.

Beethoven composed his greatest works after becoming deaf. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote the History of the World during a thirteen year imprisonment. If Columbus had turned back, no one could have blamed him, considering the constant adversity he endured. Of course, no one would have remembered him either. Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness by his display of wisdom and character during the devastation of the Civil War. Luther translated the Bible while enduring confinement in the Castle of Wartburg. Under a sentence of death and during twenty years in exile, Dante wrote the Divine Comedy. John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress in a Bedford jail.

Finally, consider a more recent example. Mary Groda-Lewis endured sixteen years of illiteracy because of unrecognized dyslexia, was committed to a reformatory on two different occasions, and almost died of a stroke while bearing a child. Committed to going to college, she worked at a variety of odd jobs to save money, graduated with her high school equivalency at eighteen, was named Oregon's outstanding Upward Bound student, and finally entered college. Determined to become a doctor, she faced fifteen medical school rejections until Albany Medical College finally accepted her. In 1984, Dr. Mary Groda-Lewis, at thirty-five, graduated with honors to fulfill her dream.

Adversity - the grindstone of life. Will it grind you down or polish you up?

Have a nice day!

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:

What do you do with a sick boat?

Take is to the doc already.