Friday, September 27, 2019

Steer Nation Message 9-26-19 There Comes a Time (Part 5)


GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY

Lady Blues Volleyball- The Lady Blues vs Hirschi will begin at 4:00 pm this afternoon.  GO LADY BLUES BEAT THE LADY HUSKIES!

Graham Steer Football- The Steers will be in action vs Springtown this evening at 7:00 pm for Homecoming 2019. GO STEERS!

Lady Blues and Graham Steer Tennis- Best of luck at Vernon on Saturday!

GPEF Hall of Honor Reception- This year's inductees are John E. (Johnny) Allcorn, Miss Willie Allen, Mary McFarlane Pitcock, Dean Smith, Alwana Vaughan, and Georgia Adaline Johnson Wood. A reception will be held at 6:15 pm this evening in the Graham High School Library. The inductees will be honored on Newton Field between the 1st and 2nd quarter this evening.

Graham Area United Way- Thanks a ton to all GISD employees who were able to contribute to the campaign. To date, our team has pledged $9787.12 to support the Graham Area United Way annual campaign! This represents 115% of our goal of $8500.00 and 9% of the overall campaign goal of $100,000.00.

On Monday, we held the annual Kick-Off Luncheon and were able to report pledges to date a total of $53,811.95.

You may recall I offered the below rewards to add a little friendly competition for our campaign.
      The campus/department that has the highest percentage of people that contribute $100 or more will win a Hamburger/Hot Dog Lunch prepared by Sonny Cruse, Don Davis, and Robert Loomis.
      The campus/department that has the highest percentage of people that contribute $20 or more will win a free drink from Sonic.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY as they are the winners of the Free Sonic Drink with 41.5% and the Hamburger/Hot Dog Lunch with 17.5%! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Today's blog post is part five of five from a message I found several years ago. It is a long message so I thought it would be best to break it up into separate posts. The author is unknown to me, but it speaks to me… I hope it does to you as well.

There Comes a Time

And you learn to deal with evil in its most primal state - the ego. You learn that negative feelings such as anger, envy, and resentment must be understood and redirected or they will suffocate the life out of you and poison the universe that surrounds you. You learn to admit when you are wrong and to build bridges instead of walls. You learn to be thankful and to take comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted, things that millions of people upon the earth can only dream about: a full refrigerator, clean running water, a soft warm bed, a long hot shower.

Slowly, you begin to take responsibility for yourself by yourself and you make yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never ever to settle for less than your heart's desire. You hang a wind chime outside your window so you can listen to the wind. And you make it a point to keep smiling, to keep trusting, and to stay open to every wonderful possibility.

Finally, with courage in your heart and with God by your side you take a stand, you take a deep breath and you begin to design the life you want to live as best as you can...THERE COMES A TIME!

~AUTHOR UNKNOWN~


Have a nice day!


CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY

Why did the beachcomber have to stop searching for shellfish on the beach?


He/she pulled a muscle!








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