Advice from an Old Timer
I remember as a young lad, when I saw my
elders, I thought 'cheez' are they old.
When I became a teen-ager, I thought that I was much smarter.
Well, now I'm that OLD-TIMER, and I'd like to pass off some advice to you.
Years ago, when I worked from dawn to dusk, I swore that when I retired I was
going to spend a lot of time in bed, just relaxing.
Well, let me tell you, Life doesn't always work out like
you plan it.
As a student, I almost always got my eight hours of sleep.
As a teen-ager, I often just lounged around the house.
But, when I grew up, went to work, got married, bought a house, had a family and
untold bills, I never realized how great youth was.
Sleep became a luxury.
When I was driving truck, ever day I'd pass an old codger,
sitting on his porch, puffing on his pipe; at 5:30 in the morning.
I wondered why anyone would get up that early when you could just lie around.
That was NEVER going to happen to me.
Well, the years have gone by, and here I sit, not able to
smoke anymore but early in the morning, just looking out the window.
Life doesn't always work out like you plan it.
I discovered an important fact that you can plan on
happening, without any effort.
As you age, your sleep time diminishes.
What, at one time, was eight hours sleep becomes smaller and smaller.
Now that the Golden-Years have arrived, and you can sleep till noon; you find
yourself up before the sun, just looking out the window.
Life doesn't always work out like you plan it.
In a way, I guess GOD
knows what he's doing. Let me explain.
If you always got your eight hours of sleep, by the time
you are SIXTY, you've spent
TWENTY years in bed. Just relaxing. ( a
THIRD of your
life)
When you get my age, you would have spent
TWENTY-FIVE years, just resting.
I remember reading somewhere that each day is like a bank account. Look at
each second as something
valuable. Every day, GOD
deposits 86,400
SECONDS into your bank account.
Every night, you loose all.
BUT, each morning your account is replenished.
So, you have a choice (GOD always
gives us a choice). You can waste your time, just relaxing, or you can spend
your gift wisely.
Someone once said, "Stop and smell the roses." This is a great idea,
but don't waste time smelling them all. A bee might sting you.
Invest your riches wisely. Use those valuable seconds to spend with your family
and friends.
Do someone a favor.
Smile and greet a stranger.
Tell someone that you love them.
Always be willing to invest a little time to do a good deed.
If you need a friend, first you have to become one.
THANK GOD, EVERY NIGHT!
TWO LESS hours of sleep a night (from your usual eight) by
age sixty, you will have gained an
extra FIVE years
to do something.
That BANK ACCOUNT will give you 31,536,000
of those valuable SECONDS,
a YEAR.
In FIVE years,
you will have an additional 157,680,000 SECONDS accumulated.
How will you invest this treasure? You can spend it, just
sitting around, looking out the window, or spreading your newfound wealth
around.
When my time comes to go before that
GREAT ACCOUNTANT and
HE opens up my ledger; I pray, NO, I
KNOW that I tried to balance my account every night. How
about YOU?
REMEMBER THAT LIFE DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT LIKE YOU PLAN
IT!
~Author~
Joe Pielmeier SR.
Copyright 2 / 02 / '02
*Editor's Note: I was notified by Joe Pielmeier,
Sr's granddaughter Heather that Joe died Dec. 5, 2002.
She did a web search for his name and came across Joe's article on Emerging
Courageous online Magazine. She would like to continue contacts with anyone
regarding his articles. He has influenced many people in his lifetime and
continues to do so through his writings. She is hoping to carry on his work. She
said," Thank you for helping Joe to reach out to the world!"
Please notify Heather in regard to Joe's article.
Her email is injpsmemory@hotmail.com
