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Opinions" " & Ideas
2002
THE HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS
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A Word of Wisdom
For the Graduate
The journey which began
approximately 13 years ago
for each graduate of 2002, is
finally complete. However,
with each journey complet-
ed... another begins; and so it
is with the graduate.
As the journey of your
school days comelude, you
are faced with making choic-
es that will determine where
this new journey will lead
yOU.
Each of you would be wise
to further your education.
While college may not be for
every graduate;mmetypeof
professional training is
almost necessary to succeed
in this day and age. If you are
of the belief that college is
not right for you, then please
"Keep your eyes
turned toward heav-
en, your mind open
do... while life won't
be perfect, you wiU be
happier."
tO
work force that you will soon
be joining. You need as much
training and experience as
you can get to succeed in the
workplace today ........
The first key to happiness
is to always keep family
close.
ANOTIIER IMPORTANT
playwright once wrote,
"Experience is the name
every one gives to their mis-
takes." There has never been
a truer statement
The good Lord knows I,e
made plenty of mistakes dur-
ing my lifetime, and so will
each of you. Mistakes how-
ever, will simply make you
stronger and wiser. No one
should every be afraid of
making a mistalw. is
no shame in making a mis-
take.., the only shame that
can come from makin one
is not learning from it.
choice is very important to
your happiness. There is
nothing worse than being in
a job that one hates. Try and
find something you really
enjoy and make a career out
of it. For example, ff you like
the outdoors, seek a career
in forestry. Most of us spend
more hours working than we
do at home. If we are not
happy in the workplace, we
are genel_ly,not hazy at
home.
The most important thing
in life however, is keeping
God first in your life.
There are many lessons One thing I have learned
you will have to l+lffe, :lifeisthatfanailymembers
and the mistakes yoh ake c, move away and (as
will only make yon '=i bad.as I hate it) die. While
As you begin the j
of life and adulthood, you will
be forced to make more and
more decisions. Dont be
afraid to seek advice from
your family. You'll be sur-
prised the older you get, how
much wiser Morn and Dad
become.
I don't like gi,Ang advice.
I'm one of those peoplewho-
believe that experience is the
they will always be remem-
bered and you will always
love them, they are not with
you forever. God will be there
forever. He will be your com-
fort in the storm aad your
strength when you are at y
weakest point.
As we've said, a career is
so very important. While
doesn,t:lmy lmppi-
are a few s I
to share with you as you begin
your new adventure in life.
Things, which I believe, will
make you happier in life.
THE FIRST TILING you
must know is what is impor-
tam in life. There is nothing
more important in life than
family. When your enemies
come upon you and when you
are at your lowest point, your
family will always be there
for you. They love you and
high on your priority list.
However, no matter how
much money you make there
will be needs. One thing I've
learned in life is that God wili
always provide.
So my advice to each of
yot as you begin your new
adventure in life is simply
this. Keep your eyes turned
toward heaven, your mind
open and heart pure. If you
do... while life won't be per-
feet, you will be happier.
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His Name is Nobody's Business
A man walk up to me at
a public gathering receatly
and asked ff he could discuss
a problem.
"Please continue," I said.
"All my life," he began,
"I've had the nickname
'Bubba.' I'm not sure how I
got it, but it's what my par-
ents, brothers and sisters,
teachers and friends have
always called me.
"My real name is Tom, but
very few people know that,"
he went on.
"And the problem?" I
asked.
"I can't be specific here,"
he said, "but I took a job with
a national firm and my boss
says I can't use the name
Bubba anymore.
"He said it's bad for busi-
ness to have somebody
named Bubba calling on cus-
tomers. He says Bubba
sounds redneck and juvenile
and he has insisted I go by
Tom.
"I hate Tom, I'm Bubba.
What should I do?"
I must admit this was the
fwst timeI had heard of some-
one being forced to change
his name by management for
business p.
SHOULD a company, or
a company executive have
the right to ask such a thing
of ma employe?
Let's consider this in
depth:
The name Bubba does
conjure an initial reaction
that there might be a pickup
truck involved somewhere,
one with muddy tires, a
Confederate flag decal on the
back window, and a bumper
sticker that says "I'll give up
my gun when they pry my
cold dead finger off the trig-
ger."
On the other hand, Bubba
certainly could be a term of
endearment, a little sister's
pronunciation of the word
"brother," for instance. And
Bubba even has its place in
modern literature and cul-
ture.
Pat Conroy's "Bear"
called all the cadets "Bubba"
in Conroy's brilliant The
Lords of Discipline.
There is also Bubba
Smith, the former football
player who now bites open
beer cans in television com-
mercials.
But would anybody have
a problem doing business
with a man named Bubba?
I can only speak for
myself, but I think I cold deal
with a Bubba and probably
have more in common with
him than with a man named
Raoul or Tripp.
I WOULD go to a bank to
take out a loan from a Bubba,
and I've even have a Bubba
for a lawyer. I figure the jury
could warm up to a man with
a name like that.
Plus, I think that
where in the Constitution
probably says an
has the right to have
about any name he or
pleases. Otherwise,
would have been in big
ble. And what
to poor Fennis Dembo,
Wyoming basketball
I told the man to tell
boss he'd see him in court
he gave him any more
ble about being
For the record, I
asked, "What's your
name?"
"Melvin," he said.
around the
Stinky."
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Timing. Makes All the Diff
A reader copied the fol-
lowing from a friend's church
newsletter and e-mailed it to
me with a note that she
a
letter to the editor of a news-
paper and complained that it
made no sense to go to church
every Sunday. "I've gone for
30 years now," he wrote, "and
iu tha¢ time I have heard
g like 3,000 ser-
mons. But for the life of me,
I can,t remember a single one
of them. So, I think I'm wast-
ing my time and the pastors
are wasting theirs by giving
sermons at all"
Signed: Missing the
Message.
"This started a real con-
troversy in the Letters to the
Editor column, much to the
delight of the editor. It went
on for weeks until someone
wrote this clincher: "I've
been married for 30 years
now. In that time my wife has
cooked some 32,000 meals
for me. But for the life of me,,
I cannot recall the entire
menu for a single one of those
meals. But I do know this: At
the time, they all nourished
me and gave me the strength
I needed to do my work every
day. If my wife had not given
me those meals, I would be
physically dad today..
Likewise, if I had not gone to
church for nourishment
every week. I would be spir-
itually dead today."
I did enjoy the e-mall and
the many £truth
among which are several
scripture passages I thought
I,d mention today.
First, I recalled from
Proverbs, chapter 25:
"A word fitly spoken is
like apples of gold in settings
of silver."
Then I remembered an
exchange between Peter and
Jesus as recorded in in John,
clmpter 21:
"Jesus said to him the
third time, 'Simon, son of
John, do you love me?'
Peter was grieved
because he said to him the
third time, 'Do you love me?'
And he said to Him, %ord
you know all things; you know
that I love you.'
Jesus said to him, 'Tend
my sheep.
Then I considered the
story of Joseph in the Old
Testament book of Genesis.
Recall with me how
Joseph was sold into slavery
by his jealous brothers, how
was taken m Egypt, false-
ly accus and imprisoned,
"and how he evenraally fotmd
himself ina place of honor
=nd service under the pharok
In that position, after many
years of tribulation which
were a direct result of his
brothers' actions, Joseph then
found himself in a position to
feed his brothers in time of
famine.
So where am I going with
all this? Could it be that every-
thing which happens to us,
whether we consider it just
or together to
better usfor meeting
the needs of our fellow man?
In other words, all things
work together to make us bet-
ter able to tend or feed the
sheep to which Jesus
referre&
Certainly, regular wor-
ship and an ongoing study
God's Word can and does help
us to grow spiritually stonger
and wiser.
No serdng and no experi-
ence is beyond the teaching
hand of God. We cannot
excape the lessons He would
have us learn. And as we
learn, we would do well to
share what we have learned
with others at the proper
time.
I say, at the proper time,
because there is that issue of
throwing pearls before
swine, as noted in the passge
found in the seventh chapter
of Matthew.
This of course follows a
warning from Jesus not to
judge, lest we be judged.
Now I figure what Jesus
was saying to us was this: Be
real careful about judging
your fellow man
what goes around
around; and ff you
you should offer advice
another fellow earth
er, be aware that if he or
is not receptive, it
like throwing precious
els out for dirty
stomp all over them.
And then I go
more to the fact that a
fitly spoken is like
gold in settings of silver.
that I have no real p9int :
make today. Maybe r don
Maybe I just want
me in thinking
been said and done to'
the years, and what you '
and. do to others.., and
timing of such. Timin
a difference, you know.
50
Ago
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ogansvum
Predecessor to the Hogansville Home News
*School'S
out soon,
student body
be hustling to
summer jobs, to
camp, and many
other activities to
use up the sum"
mer months at
something -differ"
enr...
*The hig"
school seniOr
class play, -rl,
Dading BratS
will be present"
ed...and it will be
worth your while
to attend."
.Elevent"
graders receive.
a tour of the Reid
Mill and wete
undoubtably fas"
cinated and moS"
merized to hear
talk on the "poliCY
making, adminW
tration and exeq
utive functions ol
the company."
*Mary
remarked'
"Having a cV#
iaude graduate i
something neW t
the Hines
Gilbert families."
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to two cents
gallon.
