[NFBMO] Taking good luck and good fortune for granted

[Carol Coulter]

You are pretty special too.
Carol

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 7:03 PM Gary Wunder via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> By any standard, those of us who belong to the NFB of Missouri are blessed,
> and sometimes the things that challenge us keep us from seeing just how
> much. On September 28 we sat in a board meeting, listening to minutes, a
> report from our treasurer, and a report from our committees, as well as a
> recitation of action points assigned and completed. In one way of thinking,
> this is old hat - just another business meeting - but what is so amazing is
> that none of us were forced to be where we were or to do the work we
> willingly have done and are doing. It is so easy to take one another for
> granted, to consider the meeting and unwanted obligation when what we
> wanted
> was a downtime Saturday. But as I watched the meeting progressed, not
> having
> to run it, and having no illusion that I was at the center of it, I felt
> tremendous gratitude for everyone in the room, those reporting and those
> paying close attention.
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> Eight days later, a number of us were in Jefferson City. In one way it was
> traditional: a Walkathon, a talkathon, a picnic. But people who found it
> difficult to walk walked; people who found it difficult to cook brought
> something; even an eighty-four-year-old man who lost his wife less than two
> months ago came because he believes in our work. What a nice family
> reunion,
> and what a pleasure it is to have so many people we hold dear in our lives.
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> I thank all of you for making my life better and for letting me be a part
> of
> yours. I pledge to do my best not to take you for granted but to take you
> for the valuable members you are, human beings who have choices but who
> have
> chosen us.
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