Jack’s Winning Words 10/8/13
“When baseball’s no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.”  (Joe DiMaggio)  Joltin’ Joe was batting .350 and was a highly paid player when he retired, saying,” baseball is no longer fun.”  I suppose most of us would not classify our job as fun, or as a game, but I really did enjoy my work.  Maybe you can say the same about your occupation.  Have you heard the expression, “The game of life?”  What makes life fun for you?    ;-)  Jack

 FROM ME OUT EAST:  Life itself.  On E Coast having fun.====JACK:  Which coast has the most fun?  East or west?  I had fun coasting in the winter down the Irma hills.

 FROM TARMART REV:  Knowing I'm part of a calling and message that is eternal and will never fade away . . . "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (II Corinthians 4:18).====JACK:   That sounds like minister talk.  Oh, that's right!  You are a minister.

 FROM PH IN MINNESOTA:  Jack, i have always liked the phrase: if you love  your job, you will never work a day in your life.  i always thought that was pretty much true of the ministry.   some bad days but not very many.====JACK:  Do you still need vacations, now that you no longer have to work?

FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  Ninety percemt of my career life was fun. The other ten percent was a pain in the ... but productive. So, choose wisely and if it doesn't work, get a new bat.====JACK:   It's all in the game.  You win some; you lose some.  And, in between, you have some fun.FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  Baseball is like watching grass grow! B-o-o-o-o-o-ring.====JACK:  That's probably because you're a fan of the Cubs, or just a crotchety old guy.

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Lucky Joe, who could afford to quit when it was no longer "fun". The vast majority does not  have that option!  But he did have some difficult issues in his life, as we all do at times.  Right now it is a gorgeous Fall day, and I will have fun at  my bridge luncheon, and tonight a Prayer Service for NAMI, helping those who have mental challenges.  Every day is new with opportunities and joys!! ====JACK:  As they say in bridge, "You gotta know when to hold  'em and when to fold 'em."

 FROM TAMPA SHIRL:  The best was being a wife and a mother of five children.  I also enjoyed my life as a teacher and as an airline employee.  Right now I am enjoying life in general- the children, the grandchildren and all of their activities. I also enjoy life when the Rays win.  How about the Tigers?====JACK:  Nothin' better than family for many of us.  Baseball was fun today...in Detroit.  I'm hoping for the Tigers and the Rays in the next series.  That would be "fun."

 FROM SBP IN FLORIDA:  "The game of life." It's much like any other game....sometimes it's a home run or an interception or a ball in fairly good putting range......When my "game of life" is no longer "fun"....I'll become a spectator...until.....It all boils down to how I play the game. ====JACK:  You're a winner!