fourOne7 culture

Invocation

"When The Communication fourOne7 Sun Comes Up...
You Better Be Running"

When the sun comes up each morning in
deepest Africa on the Serengetti, the Gazelle
awakens and starts running and knows that he
must run faster than the slowest lion if he is to
survive, and each morning in deepest Africa, on
the Serengetti plane, the lioness awakens and
starts running because she knows she must run faster
than the slowest gazelle if she is to survive,
so when the Communication fourOne7 sun comes up, you better be runnin."

Adapted from a sermon delivered at the
Sunrise Service, Easter Sunday, St. Petersburg Beach, April, 1992.

The Little Blue Engine by Shiel Silverstein

The little blue engine looked up at the hill.
His light was weak, his whistle was shrill.
He was tired and small, and the hill was tall.
And his face flushed red as he softly said.
"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
So he started up with a chug and a strain.
And he puffed and pulled with might and main.
And slowly he climbed, a foot at a time.
And his engine coughed as he whispered soft,
"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
With a squeak and a creak and a toot and a sigh.
With an extra hope and an extra try,
He would not stop-now he neared the top-
And strong and proud he cried out loud,
"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!"
He was almost there, when-

-------CRASH! SMASH! BASH!
He slid down and mashed into engine hash.
On the rocks below...which goes to show
If the track is tough and the hill is rough,
THINKING you can just ain't enough.

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