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Page 2 Cartoons
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4 Cartoons III
Here's to 40 more great years
The
Rose
Some
say love, it is a river
That
drowns the tender reed
Some
say love, it is a razor
That
leaves your soul to bleed
Some
say love, it is a hunger
An
endless aching need
I say
love, it is a flower
And
you, its only seed
It's
the heart, afraid of breaking
That
never learns to dance
It's
the dream, afraid of waking
That
never takes the chance
It's
the one who won't be taken
Who
cannot seem to give
And the
soul, afraid of dying
That
never learns to live
When
the night has been too lonely
And the
road has been too long
And you
think that love is only
for the
lucky and the strong
Just
remember in the winter
Far
beneath the bitter snow
Lies
the seed
That
with the sun's love, in the spring
Becomes
the Rose
.
On
the first day of school our professor introduced
himself and challenged us to get to know someone
we didn't already know. I stood up to look
around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old
lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up
her entire being..
She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm
eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of
course you may!' and she gave me a giant
squeeze..
'Why are you in college at such a young,
innocent age?' I asked.
She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich
husband, get married, and have a couple of
kids...'
'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may
have motivated her to be taking on this
challenge at her age.
'I always dreamed of having a college education
and now I'm getting one!' she told me.
After class we walked to the student union
building and shared a chocolate milkshake.
We became instant friends. Every day for the
next three months we would leave class together
and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized
listening to this 'time machine' as she shared
her wisdom and experience with me..
Over the course of the year, Rose became a
campus icon and she easily made friends wherever
she went. She loved to dress up and she revelled
in the attention bestowed upon her from the
other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to
speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget
what she taught us. She was introduced and
stepped up to the podium. As she began to
deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her
three by five cards on the floor.
Frustrated
and a little
embarrassed she leaned
into the microphone
and simply said, 'I'm
sorry I'm so jittery.
I gave up beer for
Lent and this whiskey
is killing me! I'll
never get my speech
back in order
so let me just tell
you what I know.'
As we laughed she
cleared her throat and
began, ' We do not
stop playing because
we are old; we grow
old because we stop
playing.
There are only four
secrets to staying
young, being happy,
and achieving success.
You have to laugh and
find humour every day.
You've got to have a
dream. When you lose
your dreams, you die.
We have so many people
walking around who are
dead and don't even
know it!
There is a huge
difference between
growing older and
growing up.
If you are nineteen
years old and lie in
bed for one full year
and don't do one
productive thing, you
will turn twenty years
old. If I am
eighty-seven years old
and stay in bed for a
year and never do
anything I will turn
eighty-eight.
Anybody! Can grow
older. That doesn't
take any talent or
ability. The idea is
to grow up by always
finding opportunity in
change. Have no
regrets.
The elderly usually
don't have regrets for
what we did, but
rather for things we
did not do. The only
people who fear death
are those with
regrets..'
She concluded her
speech by courageously
singing 'The Rose.'
She challenged each of
us to study the lyrics
and live them out in
our daily lives. At
the year's end Rose
finished the college
degree she had begun
all those months ago.
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