Your Mom and I attended the graduation of Grandson Mitchell from High Point Middle School. The Christian school celebrates both academic and personal development. This year the graduates were allowed to be creative with their own ceremony. They decided to “pair off” as they exited the stage in the recessional. The fun part is they chose to dance, boogey or skip up the aisle. Mitchell chose to hook-up with two beautiful young ladies, one cuddled in each arm and they boogied through the whole exit. I couldn’t help think that any kid able to bounce through life with a girl on each arm is destined for greatness. Perhaps he has the “stuff of greatness” I’m talking about.
Donald Driver of Green Bay Packers fame has just signed a reduced contract to be with the team for another year. He had to pass the physical in order to activate the contract. It was determined he had 2% body fat. I am not an expert, but 2% body fat means you are mostly muscle and bone. It is an unbelieveable low fat level. I will say he looked every bit as trim on “Dancing with the Stars”. I’m sure Donald has the “stuff of greatness”.
One of the graduates with Mitchell was his friend Blake Richter. Blake’s grandfather is Pat Richter. Pat played football and baseball at the UW-Madison many, many years ago. I think Pat played some NFL football. The huge role that Pat played in the late 1980’s was as an administrator. He was the VP of Human Resources at Oscar Meyer. He was lured away to become Athletic Director for the UW. His first action was to hire Barry Alverez to coach the football team. The rest is history. Pat was smart enough to hire good people. He brought in Dick Bennett to turn the basketball program around followed by Bo Ryan. Imagine that! Hire good people and they make the boss look good. Seeing Pat Richter brought back memories of all the good decisions. Amazingly, Pat’s greatness came from dealing with people, not scoring touchdowns. Pat sought me out at the festivities and we talked over old times. Yeah, right. Pat doesn’t know me from apple butter.
So you see, greatness comes in many forms. Develop your “great” abilities.
Love,
Dad