life of a truck driver

A friend just sent me an e-mail. I had to laugh when I read it, her comment that we should have been born rich rather than good-looking. If we had of been we could spend our time in Tahiti rather than having to work for a living. As attractive as that sounds I think that I would rather talk to and be around the friends that I have made over the years rather than be rich. I would constantly worry about who was going to get in my pockets next if I had a lot of money.

Friends are a very rare commodity today. We all know a lot of people but if you think about it how many can you count that will be there when you need help? If you are like most of us at most all you have to use is two hands and you will probably have several fingers uncounted. Just think of it you don't even have to use your toes to count and that is a blessing. When I get the numbers higher than I can count on two hands then I get thoroughly confused. That assuredly doesn't help matters as I get confused easily enough as it is.

Money is great but it cannot buy all the things you really want. I feel that I am a lucky man because I have a wonderful wife and a house that I can go to when things get out of hand. We make enough to live comfortably and don't have to worry about too much. On the other hand my wife is a born worrier and pessimist about things like this. That's o.k. because most of the time I am a pie in the sky optimist and she keeps my two feet planted on terra firma without her I would be nothing.

She and I don't have a lot of friends but the ones we have we cherish and hold dear to out heart. There's an old saying that many of the people probably don't know but it fits when you think about it. My wife and I do not "suffer fools and idiots gladly". Think about it before you ask me what it means it is self-explanatory. Truckerdoc, I count you among those few friends that may not impress you but you have impressed me and Warren you have impressed me with your determination, keep it up you will go far.

vaya con dios, mis amigos. Hasta luego.

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