This Weekly Wisdom is pretty intense. You'll hear about what the DG Family is doing for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, but Dean also has a true story of how he almost lost his stepfather just days before this was filmed.
You'll hear how a freak medical emergency that almost proved to be fatal, resulted in a conversation that was so profound, we all need to pay attention to it.
Life can be tragic, we all do things we may regret, but there is something you can do right now...today, to emerge victorious and hopeful. Call it "uncommon wisdom."
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Weekly Wisdom #209
Hi Dean,
Yes, we all get busy doing so many things and trying to make up for past mistakes, trying to make sure we are doing the right thing by our kids and all that. My mother died two years ago. Although I was pretty close to her, I was at peace with it. We have to expect the unexpected so that it lessens the hurt when it happens. Don't get me wrong! I loved my mom a lot and am thankful every day that she was my mom. She made many sacrifices for us especially after my dad died and left her with eight of their own kids including a 7-month-old baby, and three kids from his first wife who died in childbirth with her second daughter - his first kid was a boy. My mom treated these kids as if they were her own - in fact, they got better treatment than some of us because the money was more plentiful then, than when the rest of us were growing up. My mom kept them living the lifestyle they were accustomed to. I have let her go into God's hands so I do not miss her as I thought I would. She is ultimately God's child. We should all learn another lesson from what almost happened with your step dad. Sorry to hear about it, but things do happen sometimes when we least expect them to. If we fervently ask God to help us accept the things that will happen that we have no clue will happen and that when they do happen, let us be able to be at peace with it, He most certainly will. We had a little scare with my mom and an operation four years before she actually died. That kind of helped prepare me for her death when she eventually died. We as human beings tend to want to hold on to things and people. We have to learn to let go and let God. Love those who are around us, but be prepared for when God is ready to take them and he can take anyone at any time. It was not your step dad Lenny's time yet. Everyone around us is ultimately God's child, including us. No one knows when He is going to take them home.
I experienced a hurricane when I was 16 years old, in Dominica. Hurricane David. During the eye of the hurricane, I had to jump a window with someone's baby in my hand and a piece of galvanize below. I had on flip flops. God protected me and the baby. I did not fall. Experiencing a hurricane is horrible! We ran for cover and I slept in the front seat of a car with a baby on my lap, all night. We saw refrigerators flying out of windows, big trees with huge roots being uprooted and thrown down. We had no electricity for months. Thank God we lived near a hospital so we had drinking water. I had to cook for 18 people, wash dishes after breakfast, lunch and dinner without running water. We took in a whole family. Some of my brothers and sisters were in England with my aunt and others had gotten married and moved to Canada. I enjoyed the aftermath, though. I never knew how beautiful the moonlight was until after the hurricane and there was no electricity. I really appreciated the moonlight then! No work, no school, and everyone was meeting friends while doing the cleaning up. We had curfews, etc. The only difference with that hurricane and the one that New York experienced is that it is getting cold now in New York! We lived in a hot country!
I looked at the hurricane Sandy clip that you posted. However, it would not let me leave any message.
Enjoy the day,
Annis
Your Stepfather
We wish him a speedy recovery and we hope he is doing well and that everything is going well with you and your family.
Randy
Thank you, Dean, once again.
Thank you again Dean for your contribution to the victims of Superstorm Sandy. I know it will be a big help and encouragement to those who may be feeling forgotten at this point in the rebuilding process.
Also, thank you for the reminder that time waits for no man. I have experienced that pain of regret--wishing I had done what I didn't do or wishing I hadn't done something negative when I could have done something positive. Trying and failing is far better than not trying at all. As you always say, trying and failing isn't really failing. It's Research and Development!
And in relationships, it's always better to build a bridge and cross it than to do nothing and live with the regret.
I hope that your stepfather recovers very quickly!
faith
yes this is why i have faith in this program to work for me
So true...
Hey Dean,
That's really awesome you're
still focused on helping out the
people affected by the storm.
& I'm Glad to hear that your
step dad made it through his
surgery with everything OK.
It really is just so true to
keep focused on what to do today
that will change our future as
we move into it so we can avoid any
kind of regret in our lives.
Thanks for all your inspiration!
[God Bless]