Two Stoney Acres: Jacob's Passions

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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts, too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin. ~anonymous

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Jacob's Passions

Jacob is a fascinating young man, if I do say so myself. He is sincere and dependable. He cares about people and animals. He would rather be outdoors than anywhere else. The school year is about one month too long for him! These pictures show some of his favorite things. Four-wheelers, first and foremost. Here you see him on his beloved Suzuki Z400. He had to pay for part of it by mowing yards and picking up pine cones on his Pap Trick's farm. The young man on the other ATV is Jackson, a very good friend Jacob calls his "brother from another mother!" The next picture is Jacob driving the Farmall M in the Carnival Antique Car Parade. His sister, Jordana, and one of his good friends, Kennedy, rode along. And then we have Jacob with two of his good friends, Levi and Lewis. This picture was taken at our school's May Day Festival where the country kids were allowed to have a tractor display. And the last two pictures are of Jacob's animals. The holstein is a 4-H project, named Bandit. This steer thinks he's a dog - probably walks on a lead better than most canines! And then there is Jacob with one of his ducklings. Jacob loves his chickens and ducks. Jacob is fond of saying, "It all started with a chicken!" This is a reference to the first rooster we got - a white leghorn we named "Foghorn."

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Motivation

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.
Randy K. Milholland

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work. You don't give up.
Anne Lamont

Inspiration

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. ~ Anna Freud (1895 - 1982)

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

Advice to young women from Nancy and Ann Wilson, of the rock group Heart (as printed in the 09/19/10 Parade magazine):
Nancy: There's a great deal of pressure on young women to portray a hyper-sexualized image.
Ann: And I think they get told that if they do that they're going to be successful. When, in actuality, if they look like pole dancers, all they do is make themselves more disposable. So be true to yourself.