[AT] Merry Christmas

[Tyler Juranek]

Same here!

On 12/24/12, John Slavin <chaunceyjb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Merry Christmas Everyone!
>
> I don't post much, but enjoy lurking around.  I'll post a link of me
> (several years ago) on my beloved Farmall 450 with the kids when they were
> much younger:
>
> http://users.marktwain.net/jslavin/450far.jpg
>
> And for those that have passed this year, here is a poem written by a dear
> friend for my father's eulogy back in 1993, nearly 20 years ago.  My dad
> farmed all his life.  I also posted this several years ago, but several
> people asked me to send them a copy.
>
>                          A Tribute
>
> What was this journey just complete
>         So swiftly passed this day?
> What did I give, what came to me;
>         What does it matter that the course I stayed.
> The majesty of nature was my call;
>         It held me in its grasp.
> I daily wondered at new birth
>         And agonized at death.
> My year began each spring,
>         With the robins' voice so sweet,
> The smell of soil, the drops of sweat,
>         The furrows I'd repeat.
> The summer tried my metal,
>         With its drought, its floods, its heat;
> The fall brought forth the harvest,
>         With its abundance we'd await.
> The livestock took our winters,
>         As we kept it in our care;
> We fed, we watched, we wept, we laughed;
>         We loved each one so dear.
> I might had trod a different path,
>         With prizes great and grand;
> Have dined with kings, possessed many things,
>         Have lived in many lands.
> If all the world were mine to have
>         With treasures without end;
> I'd choose, just now, the gifts you gave,
>         Of family and of friends.
> For all these years I have
>         Sought to know why things be so;
> Why some are strong, others weak,
>         Why some are weighted so.
> I know not why so richly blessed
>         You made this man to be.
> I can but wonder why you chose
>         To let me walk with thee.
>
>                        E. Richard Webber
>
>
> Have a great Holiday!
>
> John C. Slavin
> jslavin at marktwain.net
>
> The most important things in life, whether they’re personal or professional,
> are decided on intuition. I think you can have a lot of information and data
> feeding that intuition. You can do a lot of analysis. You can do lots of
> things that are quantitative in nature. But at the end of it, the things
> that are most important are always gut calls. And I think that’s just not
> true for me, but for many, many people. I don’t think it’s unique.  Apple
> CEO Tim Cook.
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>


-- 
Check out my youtube channel, and spread the word!
http://www.youtube.com/tylerthetechy/