083122 In Tribute Dr. James Duane Bolin...

Dr. James Duane Bolin

PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HISTORY

Murray State University, Murray, KY

 

Dec.12^th 1955 – Aug.27^th 2022

 

Last Sunday afternoon I received a text message

From my brother Tim that my child-hood friend

Duane Bolin had passed from this earth life.

I was shocked and saddened to hear this news.

 

Although Duane was 6 years older we shared

much in common. Our love for the Lord, the

Game of basketball and history, His father and

Mine were both ministers in Dixon, KY.

 

I corresponded with him while he was writing

His book on Coach Rupp and the history of

Kentucky basketball.

 

I want to share this story…

One afternoon Duane came and played basketball with us

On Childs court outside of Dixon near our

Beloved W.C.H.S. I admired Duane and looked

Up to him. He was a great basketball player for

The Trojans and I loved watching him play the

Game. He gave me some pointers on my shot

That day. I have never forgotten it is fresh in

My memory as if we played together only

Yesterday.

 

I will be unable to attend the visitation and

Funeral but believe me I will be there “in spirit.”

 

Evelyn, Wesley and Cammie Jo you are in my

Prayers as you face life without Duane.

I encourage you to cast your burden on the Lord.

 

“Cast your burden on the

Lord,

And He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the

Righteous to be moved.”

Psalm 55:22

 

The reality is that you

Will grieve forever.

You will not “get over”

The loss of a loved one;

You will learn to live with it.

You will heal and you will

Rebuild yourself around

The loss you have suffered.

You will be whole again but

You will never be the same.

Nor should you be the same

Nor would you want to.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

© Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Family Limited Partnership

An excerpt of

WHAT WILL MATTER…

 

So what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

 

What will matter is not what you bought but what you built,

Not what you got but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, 

courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged

others to emulate your example.

 

What will matter is not your competence but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew,

But how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

What will matter is not your memories but the memories

of those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered,

by whom and for what.

 

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

 - Michael Josephson

© 2003

 

 

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082722 quotes

“But Jesus called them to Himself and said,

“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,

and those who are great exercise authority over them.

Yet it shall not be so among you;

but whoever desires to become great among you,

let him be your servant.

And whoever desires to be first among you,

let him be your slave—

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served,

but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

- Jesus Christ

Matthew 20:25-28

 

The best way to find yourself,

Is to lose yourself in the service

Of others.

- Mahatma Gandhi

 

The best thing to do

with the best things

in life is to give them

away.

- Dorothy Day

 

Those who are happiest

Are those who do the

Most for others.

- Booker T. Washington

 

 

082622 What Will Matter...

WHAT WILL MATTER…

Ready or not, some day it will all end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,

will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It will not matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on

at the end.

It will not matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

 

So, what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought but what you built,

not what you got but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice

that enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew,

but how many will feel a lasting loss when you are gone.

What will matter is not your memories but the memories of those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters does not happen by accident.

It is not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

 - Michael Josephson

 ©2003 www.charactercounts.org