remembering jim.

as much as i complain about my job, i truly am grateful for it. honestly i just need to stop complaining.
i am blessed with a steady paycheck, no matter how small it is. even more than that, i have been blessed to meet some pretty amazing people where i work. people i would have never met otherwise. and there have been several over the past few years who have really touched my heart in unimaginable ways. jim was one of those guys. jim would remember whatever you told him...even if he didn't come every day, he'd always remember what i was going to school for, my ever changing graduation date, and what i wanted to do with my life. sometimes our friends and families don't keep such good tabs on us. jim always could get a quarter from my ear, could make me smile, and told me to never settle for okay, or even good...but always go after great! aw, jim will be missed! when i graduated he gave a card to me...one that he made from scratch...in it he included this poem, one i assume he penned himself...or he just forgot to credit the author.

"Another step higher,
but not a culmination of the rise.
Other paths to tread on all the roads ahead.
But sure footed you will be in finding your destiny."

i find encouragement from this everyday when i sit down at my desk and see it hanging there...sure footed will i be in finding my destiny! thank you jim!

Jim passed away a couple weeks ago. I don't know what faith he ascribed to, but I desperately pray he is present with the Lord.

The way he lived his life reminds me of a song I recently discovered by Brandon Heath called "Give me your eyes."

The chorus goes...
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see!

that is my prayer today! God, thank you for the inspiration of life, love, laughter, and kindness that Jim leaves behind. Bless and comfort his loved ones during this time of grief.