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Friday, January 6, 2016 Lake Oconee News Page A5 Nice to know we're not forgotten Mother May I? On behalf of the residents of Greene Point Health and Rehab, I would like to say “Thank You” for all that was provided for us during the Christmas Season. For you who came to sing Christmas carols For you who came to preach the Gospel For you who brought gifts for all the residents For you who came to play the piano For you who came to play the saxophone For you who let us go shopping with no charge For you who brought flowers and plants For the children that brightened our day For you who came to say “Hello” For our families that came and brought delicious finger foods for our Christ mas party For all of the nurses, Residents receive gifts from the Plantation Ladies Club. CNA’s, housekeepers, and dietary staff. For our activity lady, SherryeDenard, for all she does for us. We welcome administrator; Harrison. our new Brandie Contributed It is so nice to know we haven’t been forgotten. God Bless You! A Resident Letters to the Editor Letters must be signed and include your full address and phone number for verification; only name and town are printed. Submissions may be edited for content and length. The deadline is 1 p.m. Monday. Send to news@lakeoconeenews.us Trump makes a good call on Secretary of Defense The President-elect has made one appointment that is truly outstanding. Former Marine General James N. Mattis, will be our next Secretary of Defense.When Mr. Trump announced his choice before a raucous crowd at a victory rally, he introduced the General as “Mad Dog Mattis,” and the audience went wild. One suspects that few in attendance knew anything about Mattis, whose other sobriquet is “The Warrior Yarbrough Continued from A4 bed satisfied with anything but having given your best. Don’t cheat yourself. If you don’t succeed, let it not be for a lack of effort. Be the best you can be at every thing you do. Having said that, enjoy what you do. A wise man once told me to find some thing you love to do so much that you would pay someone for the privilege of doing it — and then just get them to pay you. That’s the perfect job. A bit over stated perhaps, but you get Segars Continued from A4 mill or hanging milking machines on a herd of wild cows.) Although I’ll still be doing magazine features, I’ll need to make some changes in my style for newspaper writing. For example, I won’t need to use pretentious words like “juxtaposition,” “paradigm” or “synergy.” Who uses those words anyway? And have you noticed that many writers talk much different ly than the way they write? For me, it is important to keep the old Piedmont Find us on Facebook! Just search for Lake Oconee News for breaking news, expanded photo galleries and more! Monk.” The 66-year-old Mattis has never been married and is known for his expansive library which is regularly reported to contain anywhere from4,000 to 7,000 books, hence the moniker “Monk.” One item not general ly noted is that he always carries with him one partic ular book which brings him solace, understanding and strength.In the tradition of Jefferson and many other Founding Fathers, Mattis the idea. Never have a job just to have a job. Do some thing that satisfies you and fits your value system. I had some hard days in my career, but looking back, I wouldn’t change a thing. Not many people can make that claim. I hope you can say the same about your own career. Keep things in perspec tive. Life is full of ups and downs. Don’t let your suc cesses go to your head and don’t let your failures drag down your self-esteem. Be quietly confident. Don’t brag. Don’t whine. If it doesn’t need to be said, don’t say it. Have a sense of humor and be willing drawl, still say “fixin’ to” and “y’all”, and express ap preciation for life no matter what shape or form it takes in 2017. At any rate, the plan for this column is to have a focus on Madison and Morgan County in a variety of ways. Sometimes we’ll look at the impact of past reads Marcus Aurelius. The Roman Emperor’s “Medita tions” along with other Stoic philosophers grounds his temperament and sharpens his focus. Certainly, he can call you out, cuss you out and rattle your gage, but if you are going into battle you want Mattis to lead you. As fate would have it, presi dent-elect Mad Dog Tweet has given us a Secretary of Defense who will count er-balance the juvenile to laugh at yourself. Take life seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously. There is nothing to prohibit you for being whatever you choose to be. If you never remember anything else I tell you, please remember this: Dream big. Playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote these words: “Some people see things as they are and say, “Why?’ I dream things that never were and say, ‘Why not?”’ Why not, indeed. Promise me that you will never let anyone or anything discourage you from dreaming big things. Then have the tenacity and drive to pursue your history; other times we’ll converse about contem porary happenings. The ongoing attempt will be discovery, and learning about the broad tapestry of who we are . . . and where we are going. And if it takes reinven tion to keep us all on track this year, then, let’s do it. impulses of the Trumpster. News flash just in: Seri ously! Look who will lead the country in prayer at the Inauguration. “She’s rich, so rich; she’s blond, very blond; really great figure, one of the greatest, really great; she really impressed me, and I’ve picked her to lead the prayer words. I always pick the best ones. What do think Howard S” Bill Scholly Buckhead dream. This world is full of small people with small ideas. Don’t be one of them. My own dream is that you will make this a better world because you were here. You have certainly made mine better. May that never change. Happy New Year. Love, PA You can reach Dick Yar brough at yarb2400@ bellsouth.net; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyar- brough.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ dickyarb. You walk outside one morning and witness your neighbor struggling to move a tree that has fallen across his driveway. Do you (a) ask him how you can help or (b) compose a letter to request a hearing before the town council in order to request per mission to assist your neighbor? Your request contains a detailed outline of your proposed methods of assistance whereup on you dutifully wait 2-3 weeks for a response back from said council. If you’re like 99-999 percent of people on this planet you go with (a). And that right there is what the free market is all about. People identify a problem encoun tered by their fellow man. The visualize a solution. If the solution is desired then people will show their acceptance by voluntarily engaging in trade in order to obtain said solution. If not desired then no such trade takes place. But that is not the world we live in. There is no free market in the US or anywhere else in the world. There must be a defect in humanity that inflicts some with the instinct to force their ideas of what is normal or right or fair onto those that happen to be in proximity to them. In other words, we have a “permission market” - if you wish to solve a problem and offer the solution to the world you must first Greg Morin Guest Columnist seek out the permission of these self-anointed guard ians and kiss their ring on bended knee. A recent example of this ring kissing involves a company “VidAngel” - a streaming service brought to market by two brothers who wanted to stream movies to their home with certain profanity or violent acts omitted. They searched high and low and when they couldn’t find anyone offering such a service, they started one! As an aside, this is how many such inno vative companies get a start - unable to find a solution to a problem the entrepreneur solves the problem and then markets it to others with the same problem. CEO Neil Harmon recently explained on the Tom Woods Show podcast that when they started out they knew there would be copyright challenges to SEE MORIN » A6 Stylish and Affordable lift recliners in a variety of fabrics that complement every home and decorative style. 9 Buildings of Furniture • Downtown Eatonton 706-485-2261 LOST ♦ REWARD FROM: WALKER CHURCH RD. FEMALE ENGLISH SETTER TRI COLOR. NAME: CJ CALL 770-235-9971 Going on NOW through Friday. 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