Big T

For those of you who knew Big T, no explanation needed. For those reading who did not, he was a larger than life, big man with a big heart. The Big T chili cook-off is this weekend. My crew will go some. I guess my son, Brazos, has Big T on his mind because he wrote about him in a poem today, thus inspiring my blog for today. My kids loved Big T and the way he would effortlessly sit on the back porch here and shoot the bull with them.

Gary P. Nunn coined a phrase about Big T years ago that is worthy of some thought. Gary said "Big T is all give and no take." We should all take note and make life more give than take! Jesus himself said it is better to give than to receive.

I read a book this week to kids at school called The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Arnold about a man who won $10,000 in a contest and only kept enough for some new overalls and boots. I asked my students what they would do with the money if they had won it. I was amazed: I heard give to charity, the children's home, a cancer patient, church, and even to an older sibling wanting to go to college.

That's all give and no take! That's the key to happiness in life.