Be Selfish When Quitting Dip

A friend of the family, who was also a mentor to my wife died this past week.

He was an instructor when my wife was getting her teaching credentials, and he was the principal in an elementary school when he hired her for her first paid teaching job.

He was only 42 years old, now working as a mucky muck for the Cherry Creek School District, a husband and a father of a young man getting ready to graduate and go to college next year.

He was also an avid outdoorsman who loved to fly fish. He did a very foolish thing on Father’s Day weekend and got on a raft to go downriver, while wearing his waders but no life vest. He fell off of the raft. His body still has not been recovered.

So, on July 3rd, I’ll be at a memorial service to honor the memory of this man, hoping that in some way it will offer some sort of comfort to his wife and son, who I am sure are praying to God that his body is found soon and can be laid to rest as they wish.

Many of us do things so often that we get careless and also make foolish choices and cut corners with not only our safety, but other’s as well. I’ve taken this sad life lesson to heart, and have promised myself, for the sake of my wife, kids, and the rest of my family, that I will take a step back and analyze what I am doing or plan to do, while out hunting, driving, or doing anything else that could cause harmful effects if something goes wrong. I owe it to my family, plus I am selfish too. I want to see them grow up, get married, have kids. I want to be there if and when they have problems and need my help. I want to grow old with my beautiful wife who still loves me after all these years.

I want all of you to be selfish too.

NOTE: This piece written by KillTheCan.org forum member Remshot