on my way home from work i stoped by a dumpster i had found that was behind a used goods  store that had been bought out and was being emptyed out
I had found camping gear a week before , gave it all away except for a collectable  1936 PAL hunting knife
found several old turn of the centenary books this trip,
one stood out to me as i looked them over
''Between the lights'' 1899

                              Choose you this day whom ye will serve-Joshua

''As with doubtful hands we push away the shades and take our first steps in the opening year, the thought cannot fail to come to us all of how little we know what is before us.
Living, but living an uncertain life,let the season utter its warnings. One thing is certain, that if you desire improvement in anything, it will never come to you accidentally. It must begin in a distinct resolved purpose to
make a change for the better. I call on you to give this day to a serious review of your life, of what you have been living for,and of what you purpose henceforth to live for.
Give one day to this, and let it be this first day of the year:at least begin the year aright. Here you stand at the parting of the ways: some road you are to take; and as you stand here, consider and know how it is that you intend to live. Carry no bad habits, no corrupting associations, no enmities and strifes, into this new year. Leave these behind, and let the dead past bury its dead;leave them behind, and thank God that you are able to leave them''

Ephraim Peabody
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the last few lines realy hit home with me A God thing , putting that book in my hands that night                                                           H .N. Y.