May 18, 2003
living once
i cut off bruce's press pass wrist band from the 18th annual advance auto parts spring 4-wheel jamboree nationals with the butter knife.
I set the knife back down on the custard yellow countertop. The scoop of ice cream on my plate was melting down through the raspeberry pie and dripping onto the countertop.
i began to think about the week as bruce fell asleep sitting upright on the custard yellow barstool. we were tired. i was eating pie and ice cream in balyeat's restaurant in van wert. i was too tired to think about the work that was waiting for me back in athens. but i wasn't too tired to enjoy the ice cream.
as we sat there, I thought about what makes up a worthwhile life. i tried to recount all i have done in the past 150-some hours. i thought about the boys at the busy bee muffler shop in east liverpool. i thought about the cunningham family in massillon. i thought about spiro matso of matsos greek restaurant in wooster, and the fox brothers who live in bucyrus. i thought about their lives and what they meant to mine. i also thought about the guy at the gas station in tiffin. we had driven across the state and stopped to see the glass factory in town. the guy had never heard of it. but he did offer to look it up on the town map. turns out it was 5 blocks away. i thought about how much there is in life and how little most people know about this world, let alone what is 5 blocks down the street.
people live and die in corners of the world, and by means of which i will never know. Life is big and time is long. And i am small and my life is short. I am always remined of such things during travel and sleep deprivation. The notion that a worthwhile life is defined by what you do, not what you have, has once again been reinforced.
The waitress saw me eyeing a particular slice of raspberry pie a few minutes ago. When she asked me if i would like a scoop of vanilla ice cream with it, i said, "no thanks."
"Come on," she said. "You only live once."
...a worthwile life is defined by what you do, not what you have....and also by how you touch others and how you see the world around you. You have held me captive with your entries all week and I think your vision is 20/20! Well done!!
Love,
Mom
And - I just bet the Miller Family from Sugarcreek knows how to enjoy "homemade" ice cream! I want to hear about this adventure sometime soon. later - love - dad
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