Good morning Jacob.
This is your first day in your new surroundings so your grandpa is
writing in support of your choice, I and the entire family are so proud of your
decision. Life is one gigantic learning
experience for every one of us, we can learn from books, the testimonials of
others but most of all from our decisions that bring positive or negative
results. All of us have experienced both
circumstances. There are no perfect
lives in this family or beyond, those human beings that claim perfection are stuck
in the denial of their own humanness.
Learning to navigate life is the task before us all at any age because
we have the breath that gives us the power to choose our own way.
This power to choose is a unique blessing because all other forms
of life are solely mechanical. A
marijuana seed planted in soil and watered will sprout a funny looking life
form that will continue to grow at a predictable pace when placed in the
sun. That growing plant has no choice,
it will either thrive or wither, depending upon the reality into which it comes
to life. We humans have the power to
choose the circumstances into which we choose to live. This is the challenge to all of us but
especially to you, at this time, my grandson.
Trust your unique self, trust the power to choose and when you choose
amiss, brush yourself off and have the courage to choose again.
Fear should not drive your choices even though this world is
a scary place. Most people choose to live
like sheep, looking for the safety of whatever group may be convenient. By
joining the group they may feel safer but they also become easily herded. You have never been one to be herded but you
have chosen your group a miss, resulting in a loss of your freedom to choose the
future for yourself. All the great
calamities in human history began with a populace who chose to live by pleasing
the wrong group or the wrong group think.
People whose first choice is to please a group loose the power to choose their own way and eventually, they will succumb to the power of the group.
Jacob, you have been gifted with so much good stuff to share
with this world, discover who you are and then trust who you are! Grandpa has always and will always believe in
you, no matter what!
(Herbert laid his first egg, January 16, 2017, huge! He has suddenly gotten very aggressive.)
Later,
grandpa
