Who needs a Mentor?

 

Who was your mentor growing up and why would you name them?

I personally can name a few but here is just one:

Aunt Gladys was my high school math and science teacher but more importantly she was my aunt (mom’s sister) but what she did for me was not her teaching but her encouragement!  She included me in doing puzzles at a very early age, like 6 and 7, and then she would find different types of puzzles (typically those wooden animals or shapes) and give them to me for my birthday or Christmas.  She would also give me high school math problems when I was in grade school, and she would tell me how I was better than some of her high school students.  I don’t know if she was telling me the truth, but the fact is she basically told me I was smarter than I thought I was.  She made me want to do better.  I wish I could say she was a great Christian influence but that was not the case.  She was an officer in WWII and she could cuss like no other person I knew when she got mad.  One last thing I want to say about her example:  She lived to about 87 years old, but she basically never watched TV.  She read and I would say studied her entire life right up until she passed.  She had over 40 years of National Geographics, and she had over 100 hours of doctor level studies from OSU and other colleges (she did have a masters from OSU and undergraduate from UCO).  She would take a subject at the first of every year and study it for a year.  I know two times she studied the bible but also, she studied many other topics.  One year I helped her put together an extensive collection of leaves and one-year bugs and one year rocks and the list goes on and on.  She never could cook.  She made a difference.  Can I?  Can you?

So what do you learn in the Osage?

• small comments can make a big difference in a life
• a life well lived might be hidden if you are not looking for it
• we should honor real heroes in our lives

thanks for listening,

gary@mylifeleg
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