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pylon · 12-23-2016, 11:43 PM

Perspective CC. Perpective.

Yes, 2016 has been a rough one for all for a lot of financial reasons. A lot of materialistic reasons. The last 8 months the staff at our dealership watched our GM, our leader, a guy some of us have known and followed for 20+ years fight the battle of his life. A man you actually briefly met sitting on a bench behind the dealership when you bought your Jeep. And yes he battled. We watched a man that was seemingly indestructible, get claimed last week by cancer. We lost a family member.

He was a tough SOB for a lot of years. A lot of tough love was doled out by him. But in his last months, I watched a man, never complain ONCE. Never ask for pity ONCE. Never stop tending his flock until 10 days before the end. He didn't have to, but he did. He was determined to leave a legacy and spread his message to all he cared about. And to leave this earth having purpose right to the end.

I have mocked the term "Brave fight with ______ disease" before. But now, I understand it. People would walk into his office, with some pedantic mundane problem, and not once did he make it about him. He listened. As frail and weak as he was. He listened, and made that person matter. Even though he knew he was mere months possibly weeks from the end. To look into the eyes of a man, who knows he's dying, and have him say. "I want you to listen to a song. Not just listen to the song, but listen to the words. That is the message I want to pass on to you, and a message I want you, to pass on and live by."

Look, I HATE country music however I love the message of this song. And I'm not going to deny the wishes..... the orders, of my boss. And I want you CC. I want all of you to listen to this song, the words, and find a piece of it that means something to you. There is a special section of it, that means everything to me. And I listen to the song daily. And I promised to pass the message to anyone that will listen. To remind me, of what is important. Of what it means to be a good person. Hopefully this will lift you up a bit.

12-23-2016, 11:43 PM	#9
pylon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	Perspective CC. Perpective. Yes, 2016 has been a rough one for all for a lot of financial reasons. A lot of materialistic reasons. The last 8 months the staff at our dealership watched our GM, our leader, a guy some of us have known and followed for 20+ years fight the battle of his life. A man you actually briefly met sitting on a bench behind the dealership when you bought your Jeep. And yes he battled. We watched a man that was seemingly indestructible, get claimed last week by cancer. We lost a family member. He was a tough SOB for a lot of years. A lot of tough love was doled out by him. But in his last months, I watched a man, never complain ONCE. Never ask for pity ONCE. Never stop tending his flock until 10 days before the end. He didn't have to, but he did. He was determined to leave a legacy and spread his message to all he cared about. And to leave this earth having purpose right to the end. I have mocked the term "Brave fight with ______ disease" before. But now, I understand it. People would walk into his office, with some pedantic mundane problem, and not once did he make it about him. He listened. As frail and weak as he was. He listened, and made that person matter. Even though he knew he was mere months possibly weeks from the end. To look into the eyes of a man, who knows he's dying, and have him say. "I want you to listen to a song. Not just listen to the song, but listen to the words. That is the message I want to pass on to you, and a message I want you, to pass on and live by." Look, I HATE country music however I love the message of this song. And I'm not going to deny the wishes..... the orders, of my boss. And I want you CC. I want all of you to listen to this song, the words, and find a piece of it that means something to you. There is a special section of it, that means everything to me. And I listen to the song daily. And I promised to pass the message to anyone that will listen. To remind me, of what is important. Of what it means to be a good person. Hopefully this will lift you up a bit. YouTube Video Last edited by pylon; 12-23-2016 at 11:45 PM.