As I was going through some of my files from years ago, I came across a hard copy of an email I received in 2011. This was the year I retired from the newspaper industry and as I reread this email it struck me on how I had used my time over my years of life. Was my time more beneficial for me or was is it used in some way to help or maybe inspire someone else?
Time is valuable and how we use it depends on us. To paraphrase the story of the email, a young man, named Jack, received a call from his mom stating that their neighbor had passed away. Jack, a young executive who lived several states away, scheduled a flight home to pay his last respects. He reminisced about his younger days when he spent time with the man next door.
When Jack lost his father as a boy, the neighbor stepped into his life to give him some male leadership and guidance. The neighbor had no children of his own. He became a mentor for Jack and taught him about life, taught him a trade, and proudly filled in when a role model was needed.
