The quiet man turned to his dog and said, “What of all this sitting and waiting for life to come to me? Shall I not chase life for myself?
“They say all things come to those who wait — but why wait? If life is short and precious, why not go to all things rather than wait for them to come to me?
“Watch out, things, I’m coming for you and full of life!”
The dog gave a look of approval and waited, until he came to her.
Warren Bluhm is an award-winning community journalist, twice winner of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s prestigious Robert T. Wright Memorial Award as the best local columnist in the state. His voice was heard in thousands of radio newscasts from Green Bay to Ripon for 22 years, and his words were featured in thousands of newspaper editions for more than a quarter-century after that. He has had a digital presence since 2005 with blog posts he has collected in 10 books to date, and he has seven additional works and collections of his fiction.
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