There is folklore of a locomotive engineer named “Casey” Jones.  The folklore grew about his bringing in the train on time.  People would talk of the sound of his whistle and people recognized that he’d be dead on time.  He’d supposedly take some risks so he’d be able to make up for lost time.  He was determined and would do all he could to show up on time.  I read more about him tonight.  There is a story about his demise.  He apparently died in real life by risking his own life to save the people on his train-he was a hero.  I like that part because he gave of himself-unto his death for the lives of others.  I was going to write about Casey Jones and how he’d rush to make up time so he could show up when he was supposed to and I wanted to talk a little about that concept.  I admire timeliness, I do.  I admire it so much I love to be early when I go places.  I think I’ve over done this too.  This is what I wanted to talk about in this blog.  There have been many times when I push and push and push to get done what I want done of myself but I can now see the importance of being patient.  I don’t need to chomp at the bit as much as I have throughout life and need to start understanding that slow and easy also gets the work done without adding too much trouble so if I start out early, go slow and steady, like the turtle in the story of the race with the hare, then we can still reap the benefits from that too.  It’s not always about speed.  Like how I’m raising my children…

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