Good Chillin’ Day to you! Yes, my Go-Go Juice is still steaming, but not figuratively, I mean to say I’m keeping it hot – It’s after 3 o’clock in the afternoon for heaven’s sake and I just dawned on two pairs of socks. Where did our warm weather go? So, how did your week go this last week? I’m thrilled it’s Saturday.
You know, because I’m a LinkedIn member, I get involved with a number of discussion groups. There’s a lot of enlightening questions out there in the executive world and you read answers that you may not have ever thought of. One question came up this week that I wanted to share both question and answer. The question was: “Do you have a favorite motivational saying or story that you use?” posted by Erika Hanson Brown. Friends close to me on Facebook will tell you often I post motivational quotes from many leaders of our history as I believe in motivating others and sharing thought provoking ideas. However, as I contemplated the question, it wasn’t the “saying” part of her question that struck me, it was the “story” part. I do have a motivational story to share. Here’s my answer:
There’s nothing more motivating than to have a perfectly good stranger suddenly pop out of nowhere to save a person’s life, succeed, then disappear without any recognition, any acknowledgment, or for that matter, without even allowing a ‘Thank You’ to elevate from the incident. Like an angel from the heaven’s such a person entered our life one very sad evening; someone whose name we’ll never know, someone’s whose face we never saw; someone who will never know the tremendous impact they had on our lives, even to today.
The night was uncommonly cold, rainy and very dark. It was Veteran’s Day Weekend – November 11, 1994. At approximately 6:45pm, an auto/pedestrian accident occurred. The driver had been drinking. Just shy of mauling over three family members at once, one little body was thrown over 52 feet through the air, coming to rest on his side. Beyond the chaos, the nightmare, the extreme horror and shock, an angel appeared out of nowhere to perform mouth to mouth resuscitation on his little body. Hundreds of blue and red lights formed almost immediately lighting up the entire area from the darkness. The angel had breathed life back into his little body allowing the medics to give him a further chance at life. The angel disappeared and was never seen or heard from again. Later that night, the little body’s brain had suffered too much from internal swelling and was encouraged to find the light where in heaven he would remain in good hands, where we would meet again, someday. At 12:15am, he was gone. But he was given that one chance in that one defining moment of time, where one person gave of themselves without seeking anything in return. Sixteen years later, we still reflect with awe and amazement and find ways to do the same for others. The little body was my son. He was just six years old. That kind of motivation isn’t found in books, learned or taught. It’s found deep within one’s soul ready to spark to touch the lives of others at any given moment. To the angel, we still thank you! To our son – we still miss you. Until we meet again.
Dedicated to the memory of Dirk Andrew Meyers, born August 25, 1988 – died November 12, 1994.
The motivation is always within you. Find it, use it and share it. Have an amazing great day!
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