Winning Words 2/7/11
“Keep on truckin’.” (“Blind Boy” Fuller) Fuller was a famous “blues” singer/guitarist He lost his sight as a teen-ager. Life was not easy for him. Truckin’ is an urban saying, meaning: hang in there and stay focused, no matter what the circumstances of your situation might be. Someone suggested that Monday is a good day for a positive WWs message. To me, Keep on truckin’ seems to fit. ;-) Jack

FROM ILLINOIS LIZ: I think all your Winning Words are positive, aren't they? Let's have "Really Negative Tuesday." FROM JACK: At this point my computer and my mind aren't willing to buy into that idea.

FROM SG IN TAMPA: I am not familiar with Fuller, but his philosophy is great. To be helpful and to be busy with the mind and body are both important in my opinion. We had fun yesterday running around (not literally) Tampa and St. Pete while waiting for the Superbowl. Also I am reading two books The Longest Journey Home, and autobiography by the author of Marley and Me and Pearl Buck in China. The class at USF last week was interesting about South Sudan, their coming independence and oil discovery and Christian community. FROM JACK: It sounds as though you're doing a lot of truckin' and not singing the blues. You seem to have shifted the aging process into reverse.

FROM SH IN MICHIGAN: Thanks. Looked up Blind Boy Fuller on the internet here and intend to get a CD or more of his music. Gosh, if he could keep on truckin, expect the rest of us can. FROM JACK: It's amazing how the "physically challenged" people can be such an inspiration. You know that from your work with some people like thast, don't you?

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: They are great Winning Words for a snowy wintery day....cause ya need a truck to get around up here! FROM JACK: "Blind boy" didn't need no truck to do his truckin'. MORE FROM JUDY: That's true, with his other senses going strong, he knew how to feel and smell the snow. My Great Great Aunt Susie was blind and confined to a wheelchair but she knew everyone and everything around her. She was very old when I saw her and she thought her blindness was a "blessin"! My family has a long history of deafness. I have hearing loss and a second cousin is deaf. But, we all "keep on truckin'!"

FROM MOLINER CF: Well, The Pack sure kept on truckin'. Never give up! FROM JACK: Sometimes winning involves doing the right thing, while others are doing the wrong thing. MORE FROM CF, WHO'S AN ADMAN: Old Ad Saying, "Don't worry about the other guy. Do your own thing and let him woryy about what you're doing."

FROM A PACKER BACKER IN ALABAMA: It fit the Packer team this season with many injuries. FROM JACK: We're proud that Charles Woodson got his training at the Univ of Michigan. I liked his comment that he's never cried that hard (after being told of his injury) since he was a kid. I wonder how many of haven't really cried hard since childhood.

FROM A PACKER BACKER IN NEWPORT BEACH: The Packers sure did. FROM JACK: Is your second favorite team, The Chargers?

FROM BLAZING OAKS: It surely does seem positive, and I have heard it many times in my life, usually as a parting repartee among friends. Keep on Truckin' is what we continue to do, and it is good advice! Even for my nephew-in-law, who was a long-distance trucker. (Until his retirement...) :-) FROM JACK: Truckin' seems to be a tough, tough job. Have you ever seen the Ice Road Truckers on TV?

FROM NK IN WISCONSIN: I'll take your advice with me to work tomorrow- I'll need it! I've been working a minimum of 45 hrs week and sometimes more- pc lately has been nothing but total chaos. tomorrow i'll tell the staff "keep on truckin" when were short staff like usual. thanks for the motivational WW FROM JACK: Work can be difficult when there's so much to do, with so little time, and too few players on the team...but, you're right in telling "your team" to follow Blind Boy Fuller's advice.