Opinions & Ideas
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THE HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS
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Keep a Smile
On Your Face
Sometimes life just
jumps up and grabs you,
gives you a good shake and
snaps you back into reality.
It doesn't matter who you
are, how well off you are, or
how good of a person you are..
you're going to have prob-
lems. While we as individu-
als, and our lives are so dif-
ferent, the truth is we all have
worries, concerns and things
in our lives that are hard to
deal with. It can be finances,
family problems, stress at
work or a million other things,
but when it comes to day-to-
day life, it's simply not easy.
Trying to deal with situa-
tions in your life can be dif-
ficult. Basically it is because
you are too close to the prob-
lem. We all react the same
way to stressful situations.
We first can't believe it's hap-
pening, so there is panic and
anxiety. Once the reality that
something bad has happened
to us, we then try and find a
quick fix to the problem. That
never works. Often we make
a very good logical decision,
but can't see it through
because we realize it may
cause us additional stress or
hurt someone else.
" Rather than doing what
we know we should, we try
to please others and contin-
ue our life as best we can.
That works until the problem
becomes so huge we can no
longer deal with it. We either
just give up hope or refuse to
deal with it any longer.
SOME PEOPLE seek pro-
fessional help to deal with
problems and are prescribed
medications to help deal with
bouts of depression and anx-
iety. The medication helps
them feel better, but it does
not solve their problem.., it's
still there.
We all know the only way
to overcome a problem is sim-
ply to meet it head on. Yes, it
probably will cause us more
stress and no'doubt hurt the
feelings of someone we'd
rather not hurt, but in order
to solve the problem we must
do what it takes to solve it.
Life, while it can be diffi-
cult, can also be very reward-
ing. Sometimes, we let our
problems consume us and
forget that no matter how bad
a situation may be that there
is always light at the end of
the tunnel.
We all deal with problems
in a different way, some of us
pray and ask for God's help
while others seek the help of
friends and family. No mat-
ter what your preference,
you should find someone to
console in and share the
things that are troubling you.
Sometimes, just talking with
someone about a situation in
our life can not only make us
feel better, but also give us a
new perspective and some-
times even a solution we had
never considered.
Everyone needs that one
special person they can talk
with about anything.
Sometimes that can be your
spouse, another family mem-
ber or just a friend. It does-
n't matter really, as long as
you can talk with them about
it, know that it will remain
between the two of you and
that the person i s genuinely
concerned about your wel-
fare.
However, it is important
to remember that just
because you seek advice
from others, the only thing
that matters is that you do the
'right thing for everyone
involved and what is going to
make you happy.
WE'VE ALL HEARD the
cliche, "Life is too short to be
unhappy." That is a very true
statement. If there is one thing
everyone should be, it's happy.
I guess if there is a point
to this column it is a simple
one, and this is it...
"Life is not easy, it is very
difficult. It changes day-to-
day and those changes can
bring about stress, anxiety
and depression. We can either
give in to it or decide that we
will overcome it.
We should remember that
there are three things in life
that are.the most important
(and in this order) God, fam-
ily and friends. Without those
three things, we can't be
happy. We will be'alone and
miserable.
No matter what comes
our way we Should remem-
ber that there is nothing that
can come against us that
someone else has not had to
face. We should be deter-
mined that if everyone else
can overcome it, so can we.
My advice is this... As you
walk through life, keep a
smile in your face, a song in
your heart, you loved ones
and friends near and remain
close to Jesus Christ through
prayer. If we do those things,
while life may not be easy, it
will certainly be good."
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Being Father Tames Wild
From Lewis Grizzard's
collection "It Wasn't Easy,
But I Sure Had Fun
A friend of mine became
a father f6r the first time last
week. He's even older than I
am.
Yesterday, we were sit-
ting on the front porch of the
fraternity house drinking
beer. Today, he's got a son.
I remember what the old
folks used to say: "Lord,
where does the time go?"
I didn't understand them
then. I do now.
So we talked about his kid.
"He's got more hair now
than I do," said my friend,
whose bald spot showed up
four or five years ago.
"How big was he when he
was born?" I asked.
"Eight pounds, 11 ounces.
He's going to be a big one."
"Did you get to hold him
right after he was born?"
"Yeah, I had to scrub up,
and then I got to hold him.
That's when I really realized
I had a son. That's when the
bonding really takes place
between father and son."
WE NEVER TALKED
about it, but I always assumed
my friend had his heart set
on a boy child.
He's an ex-jock who still
is competitive as ever on a
tennis court, the golf course
or in his den throwing darts.
He had a wild streak in him
when he was younger, and a
lot of lovely ladies stood by
with broken hearts and
watched him go.
He was the best dancer
who ever shagged to
"Stubborn Kind of Fellow"
back in school. He drove a
red 1950 Chevy convertible
and voted for Barry
Goldwater.
After school, he flew air-
planes, went to war, went into
business and built a home the
size of a small town.
A man like that wants a
son.
His wife wanted him in
the room with her when she
bore him his child.
"I guess you were pretty
happy when you saw it was a
boy," I said to him.
"It wasn't like that," he
said, "My thoughts were more
with my wife than with any-
thing else. She was a troop-
er."
'Ton mean she was in a lot
of pain?"
"Let me put it to you this
way - if it was up to me and
you to have babies, there
wouldn't be very many
around."
I WAS IMPRESSED with
his concern for his wife tak-
ing precedence over any-
thing else. Knowing
knowing me, knowing
much a son would
him, and knowing the
al insensitivity of most
I sensed a friend
another phase of his
One where a man
to peace with himself
the wind'to move
and he knows, without
that in wife and child
the only
ly matter anyway.
I used to laugh at
Now, I'm jealous of it.
Lord, where
go?
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School: a Parent's Responsi
The other night some
folks in our church gave my
family and myself some tick-
ets to the Atlanta Falcon's
opening preseason game at
the Georgia Dome. Upon
entering the stadium and see-
ing all the things that go along
with football season, it
became clear that the time of
year was upon us. It is time
once again for school.
It seems like only yester-
day that I was attending grad-
uation at Callaway Stadium.
For some parents this is a
dreadful time, still while oth-
ers see it as an opportunity
to finally get the kids out of
the house again. No matter
how you view the start of
school, may I today challenge
you with a view that has
become obsolete on the part
of a vast number of parents.
The view to which I refer is
responsibility.
Certainly, it is true that
students have many respon-
sibilities with the beginning
of school; the responsibility
to learn, the responsibility to
conduct themselves in an
orderly fashion, the respon-
sibility respect, others.
Obviously, many more things
could be mentioned, but our
attention today is drawn not
to the responsibility of the
pupil, but to the responsibili-
ty of the parents.
EVEN THOUGH the
child has left the presence of
the parents for several hours,
that does not relieve the par-
ents of their responsibility for
their children's actions and
education. No matter where
or how your child is educat-
ed, ultimately, the responsi-
bility for the education of chil-
dren lies with the parents. Too
many children are pawned
off on the school system for
their secular education and
too many children are
pawned off on Sunday school
teachers for their spiritual
education. While a parent
may delegate the task of
instruction to another, the
parent is still held responsi-
ble for both the child's secu-
lar and spiritual education.
The Bible tells us in
Deuteronomy 6:7, "And thou
shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt
talk of them when thou sittest
in thine house, and when thou
walkest by the way, and when
thou liest down, and when
thou risest up."
IN THIS DAY and hour in
which we live many school
systems and teachers being
looked down upon. I do real-
ize however, there are some
teachers and schools that are
horribly substandard. While
some are below standard,
there are still teachers who
care about the children and
young people who are
entrusted to them.
There are three teachers
"The lessons
learned at.the sup-
per table are as
valuable and real
today as they were
those many years
ago."
in our church and they do
have the right idea about edu-
cating our children. Since
there are three here, it is safe
to assume that there are
more, but parents must real-
ize that teachers cannot do it
alone. The parents must get
involved, and help, and stand
by their children's teacher.
I remember when I was
in school that my dad told me
that ifI got in trouble in school
and he found out, I would be
in trouble at home, no ques-
tions asked. Our teachers
would have less trouble at
school if there were more dis-
cipline at home,
Finally, may I suggest that
for a better school
ents not only need to
the teachers but
need to get
their children.
By this I mean
to find out what the
are being taught,
what kind of
have, when they have t
and even look
work before it is
my school days
per table had been
my morn (a
would sit down with
homework and
before I took it back to
the next day.If she
she often did)
would make me turn
TV or come inside
ing ball and correct the
takes..
Although we
long hours at the
round
work, I do not gret
involvement of my 1
my schoolwork.
Although I was
valedictorian or even
.salutatorian, the
learned at the supper
are as valuable
as they were those
years ago.
My parents
their actions
hard, take pride in what I
and most of all, they
me they cared.
50 Years Ago...
In the
Hogansville
• 'BILL JONES HAS NARROW ESCAPE' -
Jones, genial and popular service and
for the Hog ansville exchange of the Southern
Telephone Company, narrowly ecaped death
Thursday as he was installing a new telephone
the office of the Hines Chevrolet Company.'
d:IETAIL DETAILS: Shoppers perusing the Aug.
1953 Hogansville Herald could buy Huba-Huba
Belk-Gallant for 69 cents. The store also
fall coats for $14.95-$34.50 and boys sports shirts for
• CINEMA- Movies at Hogansville's Royal
included 'Peter Pan,' "a new achievement in motion
ture entertainment." As an alternative to the
flick, patrons, p.articulady lonely men, could
ward to 'Untamed Women,' and their 'veird,
ic rituals..." Other offerings in this era of
included Susan Hayward and Robert Mitchum
Witch Doctor."
"SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WHEN MY
CHECK STARTED GETTING SM,a, LLER -An
cle noted that "Social Security is 18 years old..."
-CLASSIFIED AD WONDERS: "Several
and one gobbler; $50."
dOCK,THE DOORS! The Herald continued a
of anti-union cartoons as the U.S. Rubber Com
began dealing with organizers. This week's
showed a couple labeled 'worker' having dinner
restaurant while 'lies' and 'hate' figures inteupt them
/e have a grand idea."
