{"id":470,"date":"2011-11-20T18:47:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T01:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2011-11-20T18:47:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T01:47:04","slug":"do-you-have-ears-to-hear-lifes-lessons-george-did-do-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/20\/do-you-have-ears-to-hear-lifes-lessons-george-did-do-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have Ears to Hear Life&#039;s Lessons? George did&#8230; do you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>George Fourie was having a bad week.<\/h2>\n<p><div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Malibucrash.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"A Chevrolet Malibu involved in a rollover crash\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/4\/4a\/Malibucrash.JPG\/300px-Malibucrash.JPG\" alt=\"A Chevrolet Malibu involved in a rollover crash\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>He had missed the last three days of his life. When he woke; his mother was at his side after traveling around a 1000 km to be there. He found out he had a broken neck and some serious head injuries.<br \/>\nWithin days his doctor looked at him and laughed. \u00a0When pressed the doctor revealed, &#8220;You are not supposed to be here. \u00a0Anybody with your head and neck injuries we normally just ignore because they die within two weeks.&#8221; \u00a0George realized he had another chance at life.<br \/>\nThe auto accident and George&#8217;s brush with death changed everything. \u00a0He moved forward with greater purpose! \u00a0He heard what life was teaching.<br \/>\nAfter hearing this on The Teach Jim Show I asked myself &#8230; am I listening to the lessons life is trying to teach? \u00a0Being a bit more sensitive here are some of the lessons I&#8217;ve learned this week.<\/p>\n<h2>You and I are magnificent!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/17179273\">The Butterfly Circus (low res)<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user5296165\">The Butterfly Circus<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/17179273?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\">You and I are talented!<\/span><br \/>\nThe Dot &#8211; By Peter Reynolds<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5mGeR4AQdM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>You and I can embrace how we look.<\/h2>\n<p>As a beauty I\u2019m not a great star.<br \/>\nThere are others more handsome by far,<br \/>\nBut my face, I don\u2019t mind it,<br \/>\nBecause I\u2019m behind it\u2014<br \/>\n\u2019Tis the folks in the front that I jar.<br \/>\n[Anthony Henderson Euwer, \u201cMy Face,\u201d in Rhymes of Our Valley (New York: James B. Pond, 1916), 92]<\/p>\n<h2>We can do something about the &#8220;tough times&#8221; we face.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright zemanta-img\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rooster_1_AB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Rooster\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5a\/Rooster_1_AB.jpg\/300px-Rooster_1_AB.jpg\" alt=\"Rooster\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Scratchings from the Little Red Hen<\/h3>\n<p>Said the big white rooster, &#8220;Gosh all Hemlock, things are tough,<br \/>\nSeems that worms are getting scarce and I cannot find enough.<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s become of all those fat ones is a mystery to me;<br \/>\nThere were thousands through the rainy spell, but now where can they be?&#8221;<br \/>\nThe little red hen, who heard him, didn&#8217;t grumble or complain,<br \/>\nShe had been through lots of dry spells, she has lived through floods of rain;<br \/>\nSo she flew up on the grindstone and she gave her claws a whet,<br \/>\nAnd she said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen a time there were no worms to get.&#8221;<br \/>\nShe picked a new and undug spot; the earth was hard and firm.<br \/>\nThe big white rooster jeered, &#8220;New ground! That&#8217;s no place for a worm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright zemanta-img\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rhode_Island_Red_hen_on_street.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"A Rhode Island Red hen\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/48\/Rhode_Island_Red_hen_on_street.jpg\/300px-Rhode_Island_Red_hen_on_street.jpg\" alt=\"A Rhode Island Red hen\" width=\"300\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>The little red hen spread her feet, she dug fast and free,<br \/>\n&#8220;I must go to the worms,&#8221; she said, &#8220;the worms won&#8217;t come to me.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Rooster vainly spent his day, through habit by the ways,<br \/>\nWhere fat worms have passed in squads, back in the rainy days.<br \/>\nWhen nightfall found him supperless, he growled in accents rough,<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m as hungry as a fowl can be. Conditions sure are tough.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe turned to the little red hen and said, &#8220;It&#8217;s worse with you,<br \/>\nFor you&#8217;re not only hungry, but you must be tired too.<br \/>\nI rested while I watched for worms, so I feel fairly perk;<br \/>\nBut how are you? Without worms too? And after all that work?&#8221;<br \/>\nThe little red hen hopped to her perch and dropped her eyes to sleep,<br \/>\nAnd murmured, in a drowsy tone, &#8220;Young man, hear this and weep,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m full of worms and happy, for I&#8217;ve dined both long and well,<br \/>\nThe worms were there, as always &#8211; but I had to dig like hell!&#8221;<br \/>\nOh, here and there white roosters are still holding sales positions,<br \/>\nThey cannot do much business now, because of poor conditions.<br \/>\nBut as soon as things get right again, they&#8217;ll sell a hundred firms &#8211;<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the little red hens are out, a-gobbling up the worms.<\/p>\n<h2>Embrace Each Day!<\/h2>\n<p>Leveraging Life&#8217;s lessons into the most benefit for you and I means sharing our story and the stories of others. It means making the most out of this moment of our lives so we can enjoy the peace and joy of this time. \u00a0The little things in life become the most important. \u00a0Important messages make meaningful connections. \u00a0Thank you for ready.<br \/>\nEmbrace each day of our lives. Do you have ears to hear life&#8217;s lessons like George did. I keep trying and hope you are too!<br \/>\n(More on George and That MLM Beat tomorrow.)<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_168\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 200px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/signature.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168\" title=\"signature\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/signature.png\" alt=\"Teach Jim\" width=\"190\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leveraging Learning into Significant Solutions<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Fourie was having a bad week. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[48,49,110,118,135,142,145,148,188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}