Labor Day motd Sept 5, 2011

[Guest guest]

"WE GOTTA

SAY..."

Monday, 05 September 2011

Goodbye to the summer. And yes,

today is Labor Day, the unofficial "end" of summer. Do

you know what the celebration of this day is all about?

It's all about honoring the men and women in our country

who go to work everyday. It's a day to say thank

you to all of those laborers who make America...America!

Millions

of Americans drive to work each day to labor on their

eight-hour or longer shifts. And some of them labor not

just at one job, some of them work two jobs.

And, on top of that, they may even attend school at

night. Now that's a lotta labor!

Yes, today we honor all of you who work for a living.

We honor the policemen and firemen who protect us. We

honor the doctors and nurses who work to keep us

healthy. We honor the auto mechanics who keep our cars

running smoothly. We honor those people who have more

dangerous but necessary jobs, like working in coal

mines. (Hey, we need that energy for our homes their

jobs provide.) And oh yes, we honor those beauticians

who help keep us, well...beautiful!

Ya' know, I was thinking this morning, if everyone who

works for a living stopped working, even for one day,

this great country of ours would grind to a halt. Oh,

could you imagine? Everyone who works for a

living plays a role in helping to keep our country

humming along.

When

new people come to Slimmons, I like to ask what they do

for a living. The other night in class, I had an

interesting mix of students. I had a mediator, a couple

of attorneys, a teacher and even a world-renown

drummer! (Oh, I wish I'd brought my drum set with me so

he could hit a few notes for us! LOL.) I've always

taken an interest in knowing how people make their

livings. Well, not many people have to ask what I

do for a living. It's helping others take better

care of themselves and I love every minute of it.

Now let's get back to the Labor Day holiday...and,

specifically, I want to know how you'll be celebrating?

Are you having a barbecue? Maybe you're taking one last

trip to the beach for the summer season. Or maybe

you're having an intimate family gathering in your

backyard.

Lots

of people will be celebrating Labor Day with a fork in

their hands. Oh yes, they may have the day off

from work but, today, they're putting their forks...to

work! Oh yes, into the potato salad, a stop by the

baked beans and...into their mouths the food goes! That

ritual may be repeated over a hundred times, in

just one sitting. That means you're making your

body labor too hard trying to metabolize all

of those extra calories.

And after your Labor Day feast, what then? Will you get

up from the table, walk to the family room, plop onto

the sofa and begin flipping through the 575 channels

available on your cable TV? Oh, dear!

Please, don't celebrate this holiday by eating

unhealthy then being lazy. Oh, it drives me crazy when

people are lazy.

As

for me, I have my whole Labor Day planned. Of course,

I'll be calling lots of people and sending out quite a

few E-mails. I'll also be working on my binder for the

Cruise

To Lose. (Oh, I can't believe, it's actually next

month!)

And, as for you, I want you to put down that remote

control! Get up off your buns and labor that body of

yours with some good-for-you sweat. After

a healthy meal, you could do with a nice walk this

afternoon. Or how's about a swim? Swimming is a great

exercise and burns a lot of calories. I know that many

of you own some of my workout DVDs. Pop one in and

let's move! In fact, you could even invite some of your

guests in to sweat and have a good workout with you.

I'm truly proud of our

country and my fellow Americans who work hard everyday.

I'm truly proud of our country and my fellow Americans

who work hard everyday. Every night before I turn in

for bed, I ask the good Lord to help our country pull

itself out of these economic doldrums. I want to see

enough jobs created so everyone who wants to

work for a living will have a job they can go to

everyday.

Happy Labor Day, everybody!

Love,