GOOD  MORNIN YALL GREAT BIG OLE GRIZZLY BEAR HUGGGZZ....SQISHHHHHHHHHH.........LOVE YALL AM DOING OK LIL SORE THIS MORN, TOOK A LIL TUMBLE ON THE ICE YESTERDAY,FEET WENT RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER ME , KABOOM   ON THE GROUND,AH WELL COULD BE WORSE SO NOT COMPLAININ,HOPE YALL ARE DOING WELL AS CAN BE, GREAT BIG OLE GRIZZLY BEAR HUGGGZZZZ.....................SQUISHHHHHHHHHHH,...............LOVE YALLThe Seed of LeadershipA successful business man was growing old and knew it wasTime to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead ofChoosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to doSomething different.He called all the young executives in his company together. "It isTime for me to step down and choose the next CEO," he said. "I haveDecided to choose one of you."The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. "I am goingTo give each one of you a seed today - a very special seed. I want youTo plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from todayWith what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will thenJudge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the nextCEO."One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others,Received a seed.He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped himGet a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed.Every day, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. AfterAbout three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk aboutTheir seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Jim keptChecking his seed, but nothing ever grew.Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now,Others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plantAnd he felt like a failure.Six months went by - still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he hadKilled his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he hadNothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He justKept watering and fertilizing the soil - he so wanted the seed to grow.A year finally went by and all the young executives of the companyBrought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife thatHe wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honestAbout what happened?Jim felt sick at his stomach. It was going to be the most embarrassingMoment of his life, but he knew his wife was right.He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he wasAmazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. TheyWere beautiful... in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot onThe floor and many of his colleagues laughed. A few felt sorry for him!When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his youngExecutives.Jim just tried to hide in the back."My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO."Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with hisEmpty pot. He ordered the financial director to bring him to the front.Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe heWill have me fired!"When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to hisSeed. Jim told him the story.The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, andThen announced to the young executives, "Here is your next ChiefExecutive! His name is JIM!"Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed. How could heIs the new CEO the others said?Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room aSeed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring itBack to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - itWas not possible for them to grow.All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers."When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted anotherSeed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage andHonesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the oneWho will be the new Chief Executive!"If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentmentIf you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.If you plant hard work, you will reap success.If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.If you plant faith in GOD, you will reap a harvest.So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you willReap later.What you sow, so shall you reap”"We are grass that will wither and die but the incorruptible seed ofGod's Word will live forever - sow it daily into the life of yourFamily! _._,_.___