“Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin”
The times, and me too. Thanks to some very good people. Namely Josh Sawyer (The Faster Pastor), David Adams, Matt Schneider, and Matt Pohren. While I don’t ascribe to a typical faith, their’s has changed me.
“Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’ ”
I’ve learned not to speak too soon, while my brain may be hot, not to lose that chance to say what is right.
“Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’ ”
I’ve learned that my old ways are a thing of the past, that to be an effective leader I can no longer rage and curse the machine. Thanks to those in Seattle that recognized and commented on this.
“The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’ ”
I’ve learned that life rolls regardless, that kindness makes for a much more pleasant journey on either side of the dashes.
Thank you to Bob Dylan for the lyrics today. And thank you to the fine men and women on Team Nebraska that have helped me help myself.
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