250804 Random Thoughts

Keep on trucking.

I watched a movie this morning. The title is “Joshua” It’s on the tubi streaming channel and it’s free to watch. This was my 3rd time watching it. The movie is inspiring.

I’m told that I have helped some folks, sometimes with a kind word, sometimes with assisting them to accomplish their goal, sometimes with cash money to get them through a tight spot. I’m just a common man doing what I can. I’ve done nothing that anyone else could do.

I’ve found out the best thing in the world is love. I’ve loved and lost the one woman that made my life complete and you know whom I speak of. Sometimes it’s easy to love someone, other times it’s difficult to love another person in one’s life. There’s an old song by the Beatles, “all you need is love.” How different the world would be if everyone loved each other. There would be no wars, no betrails, no theft, the poor would be taken care of, the list is endless. It seems today that many people will do anything to any one to acquire more money. We all need money these days to live, but why are some people willing to lie, cheat and steal from others to have more money than they need, or they can spend? Isn’t it the Lord we should seek? Money is not God, but some would disagree with that.

I have so many memories, but the best, the ones I think of more than others are my time on the USS Kitty Hawk, my time on the farm, my time with Burroughs and my longest ever friend, Kevin, going on 46 years now. And last is my time with the wonderful people I met and worked with at Litton in Springfield. Many of us have stayed in contact even though the plant in Springfield closed back in 2006 I believe. I drove past there some years back and I still remember seeing the tall fences around the property and nothing but flat land, no sign of the building we worked in. Some were there for close to 40 years, some got out of high school,went over to Litton and never left until the plant closed.

Life is good, even at 80 years old. All I have left is my kids, my friends, my wonderful memories and my prayers for those living or dead. “All you need is love” and maybe a good sandwich and a cold beer, makes my life worth living. “Happy trails to you until we meet again,keep smiling until then.” How many of you remember that little song?

Sent with love, Brother Bill