And again Jeff Gorring reminds me of why I love him, and why I thank him like every time I see him.

Hello everyone. I hope all of you are doing well and looking forward to April camp. I have a little story to share so here goes:

I work at the Olive Garden as a line cook:( Its a frown face because in December I graduated from Eastern Michigan with a Music Ed degree. I thought i would be able to find a job teaching, but with it in the middle of the year, there were no jobs open. So I had to go back to the job that helped me get through 5 years of college. The Olive Garden.
With that said, that is not what I want to do with my life forever. However, I do realize that there are people who that works for and I appreciate that so much, its just not for me.
There are people who work there who do not appreciate the other things that people do outside of work because it is not work related or its not what they do so it is not valued. I encountered this tonight.
I need a lot of days off within the next few months for this... I play in Carnegie Hall next week, I have SW camp, I get married, I have my Honeymoon, and I have the summer. A guy today gave me a really hard time about that and I think he slipped up and told me today how he really felt about me. I thought he was a good friend but he thinks different apparently.
So I did what I thought would be a good thing to do. I THanked him. He didn't understand, but I did. I thanked him because he taught me that I don't want to be like that. I took a negative experience and made it a positive one. He made me think of SW.
You will, in life and in the summer, encounter these types of situations. You need to realize that you know the right thing to do, its just really hard to see it all the time. All of you are so lucky to be around the SW family. You are learning so much already and there is no one I would rather spend my summer with than with all of you. You will teach each other things that will be life long. Today, try to start to notice the things around you better. Its really neat. Its makes you smile more. Thank friends for being friends. Notice that the sun shines really bright if you let it. The rain is really wet, the grass green and when you smile at someone notice their smile. Its genuine. I know this may sound corny to some and make sense to some, but its true. Start to notice and take take part in your development with SW and the others around you because it will be over fast. Practice hard and enjoy its rewards.
A friend of mine is from West Afica and he told me once that there was a saying in the village he lived in. "THe great people in life do great things when no one else is looking. Thats what makes them great."
Think about that one.
I want to end this by saying this:

To do the right thing is so unbelievably simple, yet so incredibly hard to do.

Enjoy the Sun
Jeff Gorring
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