From <@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Mon Aug 11 11:09:47 1997 Return-Path: <@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (smtpd@pucc.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.99]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id LAA24252; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:09:47 -0400 Received: from PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1444; Mon, 11 Aug 97 11:01:11 EDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@TCUBVM) by PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5693; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:01:12 -0400 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9763; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:03:39 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 9759 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:03:03 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9758; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:03:02 -0500 Received: from ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Mon, 11 Aug 97 10:03:00 CDT Received: from mail1.centuryinter.net (mail1.centuryinter.net) by ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU (PMDF V5.0-5 #20456) id <01IMB5HNC1GW0001EE@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU> for SCOUTS-L@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:01:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cen23981.centuryinter.net (ppp0012.ra.centuryinter.net [208.215.226.32]) by mail1.centuryinter.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA29843 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:01:33 -0500 (CDT) X-Sender: cen23982@mail.pe.centuryinter.net MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <199708111501.KAA29843@mail1.centuryinter.net> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:01:33 -0500 Reply-To: Mark Arend Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: Mark Arend Subject: SM Minute idea X-To: SCOUTS-L@TCU.EDU To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: D TURN BACK There's a Turkish proverb that states: "No matter how far you've gone d own the wrong road, turn back". This is good advice. Each one of us goes down some wrong roads from time to time. We might start some bad habits. Or make a wrong decision about what cla ss to take or what job to work at. Or we get involved in some wrong activities. But you don't have to keep going down that wrong road. You can always stop, and turn around, and go back. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. There may be consequences for what you've done, but you can always stop and turn back. About 250 years ago, when sailors were a pretty rough bunch of guys, th ere was a tough captain of a slave ship. One day, he realized what he was doing was wrong. And he stopped. And he turned back. We can all do the same thing. Just remember: "No matter how far you've gone down the wrong road, turn back". +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (Note for the history-minded: the captain I refered to was named John Newton. He became a clergyman and wrote a number of well-known hymns, most notably "Amazing Grace"). Mark W. Arend Beaver Dam Community Library 311 N. Spring St. Outside of a dog, a book is Beaver Dam, Wisc. 53916 man's best friend. Inside of (920) 887-4631 (fax 887-4633) a dog it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx www.peoples.net/~bdlib/ Scoutmaster, Troop 736 mailto:arend@centuryinter.net