THE SCENE: Mid 30’s, kinda damp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSH, 5 Cherry pickers, 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 Tempo Squats, Ring of Fire
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile with three stops to do: 20 x 4 count Hillbillies, 20 x 4 count Imperial Walkers, 20 Pistol Crunches
Heavy Dora with a bear crawl from the asphalt near the stairs to the concrete by the trash can.
- 100 Skull Crushers
- 200 Curls
- 300 Bench Presses
11’s on the hill
- start with 10 Twinkle Toes on the bottom and 1 squat at the top
- Mosey back to the Flag.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. – Author Unknown
For those of you who don’t know, I taught here in Knoxville for 5 years. My former students are now all in their mid to early 20’s and that air of invincibility is wearing off. I don’t have all the answers to their questions but more than anything, it means the world to those guys that I care enough to reach out and listen, offer what advice I can or even just grab a meal with them. More often than not though, I do know what they are going through and I do know what to suggest to them because it is the same stuff I went through and I give them the same answers that Dillard Harwell, John Austin Smith and Sandy Crow gave to me when I was their age. Those were my mentors and all three of them are now dead.
Most of us are overdue on bringing someone alongside. Don’t overthink it. Two of my three mentors started everything off with food. One to the Sizzler and the other to his house for a meal. It can be as easy as bringing someone along with you to something you already do. Sketchy goes to church with me and lives just down the street. I get 10 minutes with him on the way here and 10 minutes on the way home with him. If my fat self comes here three times a week, that’s an hour I have to chat with this young man on a drive that I was going to make anyways. And do you know what the best part of it all is…guess who is being a good example to my three sons and bringing them along with him on things he was going to do…Sketchy.
Good ideas are like food, they have expiration dates. They spoil if you don’t use them. Just as you thanked a mentor on Monday, do some mentoring today. If counsel, give counsel. If time, give time. You’ve got to eat today; don’t do it alone. We become all things to all men so that we might save some. (1 Cor 9:22)