Year round, whenever the Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band song called “The Little Drummer Boy” hits the playlist, I love it! \u00a0That isn’t just a Christmas song. \u00a0Pa rum pu pu pum. \u00a0You all know the song & the tune. \u00a0But, take the time, actually stop and listen to the words. \u00a0I don’t even care if it is the Bob Seger version. \u00a0I just like that one\u2026A LOT! \u00a0 \u00a0Seriously, listen to the words.<\/p>\n
“I played my drum for him. Pa rum pu pu pum. I played my best for him.”<\/p>\n
Whatever it is that you do, do it to the best of your ability. \u00a0I donate money to various causes BUT, money isn’t what turns my crank. \u00a0It’s when I donate my time and effort that I feel like I’ve played my best for him.<\/p>\n
This morning, after Mass, the priest hit me up about a day of rest. \u00a0I told him that a “Day off” usually finds me getting in trouble. \u00a0(TRUE) \u00a0I then allowed how “We’ve got deadlines.” In all honesty, my desired church is a shop with kids working, \u00a0a barn with students working animals or a gator in the middle of cows. \u00a0No tv or social media, just some tunes playing while working. Pa rum pu pu pum.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I go to church on a fairly regular basis, but that is not when I feel the closest to GOD or Jesus. \u00a0 I go because I am supposed to (for human reasons) AND because I want the priest to know who I am for burial purposes. \u00a0In reality,\u00a0<\/span>I know where I play my best for HIM. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I spent a Sunday afternoon in the shop with students. \u00a0Duke was there with me. \u00a0He nor I ever welded a thing. \u00a0We were coaching students. \u00a0Other alumni showed up–un-invited, yet here they were to help. \u00a0Students working, laughing & learning. \u00a0When I left the shop, I headed to student’s homes to watch progress on show animals. \u00a0Too many people bitch about “kids of today”. \u00a0There is NOT a problem with kids of today. \u00a0There is a problem with adults not willing to challenge kids. \u00a0Don’t tell them how hard it “used to be”. \u00a0Show them. \u00a0Play your best for them. \u00a0Pa rum pu pu pum. \u00a0And then watch what they do. \u00a0This is a recipe that works anywhere, everywhere.<\/p>\n I’m not alone. \u00a0I get the privilege to work with parents\u00a0<\/em>like Tiffany Schultz, Barclay Holt, Hoss Manske and Rodney Washmon that put forth effort to not only push their own kids but are willing to help others along the way. \u00a0This stock showing game AND raising kid(s) ordeal takes a team to make it work.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Let’s be real. \u00a0I’m not doing GOD’s work. \u00a0I’m just a schlub doing what I know and trying to play the best that I can. \u00a0That’s it.\u00a0Pa rum pu pu pum.<\/span><\/p>\n I have no gift to bring. \u00a0I’m just playing this drum, and I don’t even know how to play a drum. \u00a0But, I will play my best for HIM. \u00a0That’s all I got. \u00a0And at the time of my end, I hope that my best was good enough.<\/p>\n Here’s to horseshoes and shamrocks for all of you that actually read this crap. \u00a0Here’s to hoping that you had a good one and a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Year round, whenever the Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band song called “The Little Drummer Boy” hits the playlist, I love it! \u00a0That isn’t just a Christmas song. \u00a0Pa rum pu pu pum. \u00a0You all know the song & the tune. \u00a0But, take the time, actually stop and listen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3417"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3423,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions\/3423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}