The Lost Treasure ReturnsWritten by Mike Moore
The Lost Treasure Returns..by Mike MooreAbout fifteen years ago I had pleasure of teaching a young woman who was one of most gifted high school seniors I have ever met. Not only was she brilliant in Math and Science, but she was also extremely talented in visual arts. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university she did so with two degrees, one in fine arts and one in biochemistry. Not too many people shine brilliantly in two such different areas of study. She was gifted. Just before her highschool graduation Audrey presented me with a wonderful gift. It was a water colour painting of a mother and her infant. A tear fell from mother’s eye as she looked lovingly at her precious child. Beneath painting Audrey had written these words: “The love of God becomes real when, through me, it touches another.” What a beautiful gift from such a sensitive, talented woman. I immediately had piece of art framed and hung in my office. Years passed with many moves from one office to another. Somewhere in process of changing locations I lost painting of mother and child. I had no idea how I lost it or where it was and had given up hope of ever seeing it again. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where my treasured painting was, I received a phone call from a former colleague who said she had something of mine she thought I would like returned. It was picture Audrey had painted for me 15 years earlier. In cleaning out a storage room she had discovered my gift. I promise I won’t lose it a second time
| | SEE YOURSELF AS A WINNERWritten by Sharon Dalton Williams
Whether or not you follow baseball, I’m sure you’ve heard of New York Yankees baseball team. This team won World Series three years in a row in 1998, 1999, and 2000, in addition to many other wins from years past.The baseball playoffs were played during October, 2001. The Yankees made it to playoffs because of their winning record during season. The first hurdle they had to get over in order to play in 2001 World Series was American League Championship. When American League Championship started, first two games were played at Yankee Stadium. Teams rarely won on Yankees’ home turf. But Yankees lost first two games of league championship. The odds were not in Yankees’ favor. They had lost first two games, and they were headed to another stadium in front of other fans to continue play. Some of sports news coming out already had Yankees losing league championship. A number of teams at this juncture would have given up hope of winning. I found it interesting that whenever Yankee players were interviewed, never once did they even hint that they might lose. They looked back over their season record. They looked around at caliber of their fellow players. They looked inside themselves. All they talked about was how they were going to win.
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