SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT

HELLO GUYS AND DOLLS:

FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO FLORIDA AND FINDING THE BEST JOB I HAVE EVER HAD, I WORKED IN THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENTS OF TWO GREAT INSURANCE COMPANIES IN NEW JERSEY.  I STARTED OUT AS A PHONE REPRESENTATIVE, MOVED TO AN ADJUSTER POSITION AND DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES MOVED TO ANOTHER COMPANY WERE I WAS AN ADJUSTER, SUPERVISOR AND LITIGATION EXAMINER FOR MANY YEARS.  GREAT CAREER, WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEN FLORIDA CALLED AND HERE I AM WRITING THIS FOR ALL OF YOU.  FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF INSURANCE, HERE IS A LEGEND.

ONE NIGHT IN ANCIENT TIMES, THREE HORSEMEN WERE RIDING ACROSS A DESERT.  AS THEY CROSSED THE DRY BED OF A RIVER, OUT OF THE DARKNESS A VOICE CALLED, "HALT!"

THEY OBEYED. THE VOICE THEN TOLD THEM TO DISMOUNT, PICK UP A HANDFUL OF PEBBLES, PUT THE PEBBLES IN THEIR POCKETS AND REMOUNT.  THE VOICE THEN SAID, "YOU HAVE DONE AS I COMMANDED.  TOMORROW AT SUN-UP YOU WILL BE BOTH GLAD AND SORRY."  MYSTIFIED, THE HORSEMEN RODE ON.  WHEN THE SUN ROSE, THEY REACHED INTO THEIR POCKETS AND FOUND THAT A MIRACLE HAD HAPPENED.  THE PEBBLES HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO DIAMONDS, RUBIES, AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES.  THEY REMEMBERED THE WARNING.  THEY WERE BOTH GLAD AND SORRY ---- GLAD THEY HAD TAKEN SOME, SORRY THEY HAD NOT TAKEN MORE.

COULD THIS ALSO BE A LESSON IN LIFE FOR ALL OF US, NOT FOR INSURANCE BUT TO ENJOY EACH DAY AS YOU WAKE UP.  AS OLD AS I AM, I'M LEARNING A LESSON EACH DAY FOR I WAS A FOOL FOR NOT BEING HAPPY AND ENJOYING LIFE MANY TIMES.  I HAVE TO THANK ROE ALLOWING ME TO SEE THE LIGHT AND THANK HER FOR THE MANY TIMES I FAILED AND YET SHE STUCK BY ME.  PLEASE  ENJOY LIFE WHO KNOWS WHAT IS BEYOND.