Posts Tagged ‘purpose’
Desperate for attention
For many of us, the mountain we’re trying to move involves our own feelings of self-worth: Why am I here? And, as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant first sang nearly four decades ago: “If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?”
Van Zant’s death in a 1977 plane crash gave answer to the eternal question of the “Free Bird” lyric: Yes, we remember—because of the music. But what about those who lack Van Zant’s gifts? Will anyone notice they were here?
That’s what plagued factory worker Ken Swyers.
Live long with purpose
Paul “Bear” Bryant had been coaching football for 46 of his 69 years. So when he stood at the podium for his final post-game press conference as head coach at the University of Alabama
in December 1982, it was only natural that some reporter would ask what he planned to do after retiring. Coach Bryant answered that without football, he’d “probably croak in a week.”
Bryant died of a heart attack 28 days later, just one day after passing a routine checkup.