Name: An old mans advice.
Uploaded: 2026-01-04T19:03:13.000Z
Duration: 5 min 54 s
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The imperative

I thought I'd talk to you a little bit this morning about, oh, by the way, this is a new computer and it does all kinds of things.

I'm not the sharpest tack in the box when it comes to this new equipment.

You're talking to a guy or a guy speaking to you now that started driving a model, a car.

I remember the first jet airplane and many first things.

The iceman, delivering ice to an ice box, taking it off of a mule drawn wagon.

But I'd like to speak to you a little bit this morning about young people.

In particular about accomplishing things.

When I was young, as you know, I had a difficult childhood.

But there's no excuse for people not being able to do what they want to do.

For example, as I've told you before, I lived in the back of an old car.

I went to college, got a little bit of college.

I've studied scripture for many, many years.

I buried a mother, father, sister, brother, wife and daughter.

So a person can accomplish anything that they want.

One time, to prove to myself that I was not an ignorant person, I bought a blackboard and I purchased a correspondence course for computer programming and I completed it with the blackboard.

Because when you do that, things expand, you understand more, you're happier, you're healthier.

This old saying that if you don't use it, you lose it is absolutely true.

If you don't use that brain that God put in your head, one of these days you'll be sitting on a front porch somewhere and you won't hardly know what's going on.

If times are hard, good things nor bad things last forever.

But most generally, we are in control of our own destiny.

If you're not getting ahead, you need to do something to allow yourself to get ahead.

If you want a good job, if you want a secure future, you have to have something to offer a prospective employer.

Now, I'm not saying you need a PhD or a master's degree.

But you do have to have something to offer.

There's going to be a time in this country that people that know how to work with their hands, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cement layers, machine operators, mechanics, people that know how to work with their hands are going to be in great demand.

You have to have education and training to be an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer.

I'm a guy that came from living in the back of an old car to having a nice retirement.

And to be able to talk to you on this thing.

So I'm going to close, but I just wanted to share that with you this morning.

My grandmother always said, you know, when a baby smiles, the angels sing.

But young people, you're the backbone of this country.

I don't care if you're in Asia, Africa, Korea, Japan.

You are the leaders, the future leaders of this world.

Don't be afraid to go after what you need.

Have a great day, and I'll see you tomorrow.