Be the Leader

Apparently, yesterdays post was a hit?

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Sometimes those numbers amaze me. And it just goes to show you, you really don't know how many people you affect with what you say, what you do and how you react.

My mother put the world on my shoulders when I was a little one.

I was continually reminded, that I had to be strong and an example. As there were others watching, and they may not have the strength to endure the situation, so they needed to see someone succeed. ...

Another of her teachings was that I should always be thankful that it was happening to me, and not to someone that wasn't strong enough to handle it. ...

As I said, My mother put the world on my shoulders when I was little.

I'm not sure where she got the idea that I was strong enough to handle it? But she was sure that I could endure and handle anything, to the point that I was responsible for succeeding, so that others may follow.

When my older brother was losing everything and life was falling apart. He said to me, you have to get through this, if you don't make it, I never will. ...

He's 11 years older than myself. So don't down play the seriousness of my mothers words.

She was so intimidating to people, that a childhood friend waited 40 years until she passed to contact me, as he was afraid of her....

Powerful woman she was indeed.

LEADERSHIP.

 Some people are born with it.

It's not being a control freak, it's knowing how to succeed.

Not a follower.

Leaders teach... 

My grandson was going stir crazy as I'm sure many are. I picked him up for the weekend to help with some projects @ the Barn. We're building a chicken/duck yard, so the little ones can be outside during the day. He helped with the design, picked out the paint, helped buy and load the wood and wire. On line order to Lowe's and a quick pick up {keep it safe}. 

We're still putting the wire around it, I wanted to let the wire stretch and rest so it wouldn't be so hard to pull tight. Instead of snapping back up in a roll while we work.

Now what I don't have a picture of and the biggest lesson learned in this....

Is how we got an 8'4" square frame out of an 8' barn door.

Grandson says,

next time we build it outside or small enough to get through the door!

The best lessons learned are the ones we never forget!

Stay healthy and safe out there.
Be a good example, Be a leader!!
In these times of uncertainty,

we need strong level headed people!

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

Thanks for stopping by,

Until next time, Stay healthy and Happy Trails.

Just 2 WEEKS

My youngest daughter could tell you what 2 weeks really means.

Because it doesn't mean 14 days.

When we were going through some hard times, a check would come every 2 weeks.
With every 2 weeks there was a glimmer of hope, that this would be the last 2 weeks of hell.

However, 2 weeks can turn into 2 years or longer.

SO WHY 2 WEEKS

2 weeks is a significant amount of time to pass, while adjusting in smaller increments to the situation at hand.
2 weeks avoids panic.
2 weeks feels do-able.....
2 more weeks isn't that long,
after all we've already gone 2 weeks we can do 2 more..

And 2 more.....

When you tell someone 2 weeks it doesn't overload their system.

If the government was to announce that this could last 3 months, people would have went into panic mode, far worse than they already are.

Tell folks this might take a year to recover and we are talking PANIC on more levels than you care to imagine.

So they say 2 weeks....
 {keep in mind how many  2 weeks it's already been}

By doing it this way, you have the opportunity to rationalize in your own mind, that this is going to take longer than 2 weeks.

RELAX

The government isn't trying to take over our lives.

They are trying to get the selfish ignorant people to realize that they are putting everyone at risk, by acting like this is nothing.

If we could all do the same thing for the same 2 weeks, we'd be half way back to "0".

No one knows how long it will take or how many 2 weeks we will go through to get to the other side.

I do know from past experience that it doesn't end,

 but it does turn around.

Things become better in a couple weeks, then they get even better a couple weeks later and it continues until.....

I've had 2 years of 'home sweet home' after too many years of living in hell.

So give it a couple more weeks. .... We'll get through this.

Blessed by God,

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn,

Thanks for stopping by

Until next time, Stay healthy and Happy Trails.