“Who Packed your Parachute”
My Mother raise me to respect and to appreciate those who helped get me to where I am today. So often life’s lessons learned get put aside, placed on a shelf waiting for the call, “Dang! I knew better than to think that.” Yesterday while strolling through my “Garden of Good and Evil”, (for those in ‘Rio Linda‘, that’s reminiscing about my life), I was reviewing the times I benefited from people who helped me along life’s journey without ever being seen or heard.
The more I looked the more I saw for my entire life, as my friend Kary would say, a “Tribe had my back”. Now the reason I was taking this stroll (old people do this a lot in their Sunset Years), was because while cleaning out some old trash from my computer I came across an article about Charles Plumb.
Charles Plumb was U.S. Naval Academy graduate who was a jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.
I’m now gonna let Charles tell his story. He certainly can tell it better than I. But what I want you to take away after hearing his story is this. I didn’t, you didn’t, in fact nobody did, get where we today without somebody behind the scenes giving us a boost with needed encouragement or by giving some unsolicited help. As one of my Tribers put said her recent Blog, ” No man is an Island”
I'm a 74 year old man who loves this new medium of Blogging. I am also an Senior Manager in Send Out Cards which gives me a superior method of relating to the world through Greeting Cards. I have met and enjoyed wonderful friends who support me and actually LIKE me which is very rewarding. My online presence is growing and if I can hang on to life I will reap the benefits of establishing a business that will comfort me when I get old. Mostly however I Blog about my life which for some strange reason is well received. Like most of us the future is scary and the remembrance of older days give a measure of comfort. So I continue to reveal the past with optimism that the future will some day be the comfort of somebody else.12 Comments
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RT @washouse: "Who Packed your Parachute" http://bit.ly/crYfAW
Cool story:) I guess we could look at our tribe duties as packing other people’s parachutes! We are helping to prepare them for success! Great post!
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Nelson Schroeder Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Thanks for stopping by Blyna. What’s the saying, “To get what you want you have to help someone else get what they want first.”
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RT @washouse: "Who Packed your Parachute" http://bit.ly/crYfAW
You're gonna love it! @washouse: "Who Packed your Parachute" http://bit.ly/crYfAW #tribetuesday
I so enjoy your blog postings!
You have such a great outlook on life as a whole and you don’t sweat the petty stuff.
This is a wonderful video to go along with your ideas. Packing someone’s chute is really a huge trust factor on both sides. Thanks for the reminder. And also thanks for the mention, you Rock!
Love & Hugs,
Val
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Nelson Schroeder Reply:
March 16th, 2010 at 10:55 am
Hi Val, more than happy to link back to you. You got great stuff.
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#tribetuesday "Who Packed your Parachute" http://bit.ly/crYfAW RT @washouse
Nelson, Knowing there are others out there who “have our backs” is essential as we navigate through unchartered waters. Glad to know you have checked my parachute — cause I want that thing to open when I jump!
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Nelson Schroeder Reply:
March 17th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Gee you got me thinking. If others are counting on my packing their chute at my age, I’m I think gonna attach Bungee cords to them also as a backup.
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Hi Nelson,
Thanks for sharing this inspiring video.
Have a great rest of the evening,
Susan
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washouse Reply:
May 6th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Thanks for stopping by Susan. Your welcome anytime the coffee is always on.
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