I now have glasses that corrects my seeing 2 instead of 1 red dot, and eliminates the ghosting of cross hairs. The astigmatism in my dominate eye changed dramatically. Unfortunately I've not had the opportunity to hit the range since. I still want to tune the barrel of the cut down Ishapore, recheck the grouping from the K31, and try different loadings through the newly converted 6.5 Grendal.
But that's only part of why this post.
A former coworker and shooting buddy sent me the following. It touched my heart.
I’ve been meaning to say something to you for a long time, and I’m finally at a place where I can say it straight (read sober)..
When we worked together, you spent a lot of time trying to teach me things I didn’t really understand back then. I was drawing pictures, getting things done, but I didn’t fully grasp what you were showing me. You were patient with me anyway, and you gave me more of your time and trust than I probably deserved at the time.
Somewhere along the way, years later, it finally clicked. I could actually see what you had been trying to teach me. Not just how to draw something, but how it works, how it holds together, how one thing affects another. Once I saw it, it changed the way I think. One day I saw an image in my mind, yep, tolerance stack ups…”well, I’ll be damned, is it really that easy”?
I wrote something a while back, and I realized recently that a lot of it came from what you tried to teach me. I’m including it here. It’s my way of saying—I got it. It just took me a while.
There’s also something else I need to say. I didn’t treat you the way I should have. You stuck your neck out for me, and I showed up in a way that made you look bad. And the last time we spoke, I was out of line. That’s on me.
The truth is, you were a better friend to me than I was to you, and I wanted you to know that.
I don’t expect anything from you. I just needed to say it, and to thank you for what you gave me. It mattered more than I ever let on.
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I saw your comments about the former coworker who sent you a very touching message of both apology and thanks. I couldn't pass by without saying that you are no doubt a very patient person and your friend is a very good person to know.
Too often when we invest of ourselves into someone, especially in the workplace, it goes by without acknowledgement. I am certain that you have many others in your past that likely could have written the same type of message to you, because kindness like you showed is never an isolated thing, but instead it is a testament to how you live your life and who you are.
Thank you for posting said message. It makes me look back to some of the young men that I mentored fondly, even if I never received recognition.
Stay true to who you are, as it will pay great returns, even if it goes by without the same recognition that this one person showed.
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