A few days ago, I posed this quote on Twitter and Facebook:
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain!”
Shortly after, I received a note from a post college roommate of mine who is now a doctor. He is serving for one year in Iraq with the national guard. His comments made me appreciate three things:
1) My shower and access to clean water
2) People like him who are serving in our armed forces
3) How technology can re-connect people. Here’s his note to me:
Last night we had a rare thunderstorm in Iraq. It was raining hard and I had just finished working out on a cross trainer in the STP building. I was drenched in sweat and needed a shower. But because our showers are a 1/4 mile away I knew that i would have to walk back through the mud and the pouring rain after the shower and get wet and maybe even more dirty. So my roommate, Bert, said: ‘Well, you could just take a shower in the rain’. So I kept my gym shorts on and stood on the ramp outside of our back door with a bottle of shampoo and showered in the rain.
While it was a cold shower to be sure, it got the job done and I didn’t have to walk back through the mud covered camp. I could have commented ‘or shower in the rain’ to your post, but then I didn’t want you to think that I was making a glib statement about your post. Anyway, I thought I would share my funny story with you. But whether dancing or showering, one way or another I did something creative instead of ‘waiting for the storm to pass’. And yeah, sometimes we have to be a little crazy over here to keep our sanity.
I’d be interested to hear any RICH stories any one has experienced as a result of reconnecting with a friend due to Facebook, Twitter, etc. Please thank a soldier today…
Live RICH!
Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies. He is founder of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund. For more information on Tim, go towww.TimRichardson.com
