We were logging on a mountain and I had rolled a skidder over a few times. This particular event had my chopper witnessing my failure to apply safe operational practices. As I was crawling out, he stood on a ledge above me and said, “Son, that’s not a skidder you’re driving, but a Suzuki. “ He knew what took place on the motocross track should not be seen in logging.
Youth has a way of canceling out fear when it is most necessary. We need to heed the advice of older folks who have been around the block a few times.
This is what David left Solomon:
1 Kings 2:1-3
Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;
We ride this wild bull called Living-in-a-Dangerous-Place and should listen to those above us.
That was the last time I rolled a skidder over.
Think about it.
Gary