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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I want to again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, friday weekend's coming. Get you a cup of coffee. Glass iced tea or bottled water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $6 and 3 pennies, $6.03. 550lb steer calf. You can contract them now, top end, $5.45 a pound. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings, a range, $3.30 to $3.35. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:Oh, oh, oh, do I like stories, and I found one for you. If you have a moment, lend me your ear, and I'll share with you the story that I found, and it's titled the neighbor who never kept score. Are you ready? Are you listening? If I give you a quiz afterwards, can you tell me what's in the story?
OK Solberg:Or Jude just listened to me as background noise. Listen. The neighbor who never kept score. Every town seems to have one, not the richest person, not the loudest, not the one whose name is on the biggest building, just the one everybody knows. In one small Midwestern town, there lived a man, and his name was Walter.
OK Solberg:If your car wouldn't start on a cold January morning, Walter somehow appeared with jumper cables. The young couple, moving into their 1st home. There he was carrying boxes before anyone else even asked if an elderly widow needed a light bulb changed. Walter had already climbed the ladder.
OK Solberg:He wasn't trying to become important. He simply noticed people. He had an unusual habit. When someone was talking, he listened. Not to answer, but to understand. People left conversations with Walter feeling lighter than when they arrived. He remembered birthdays. He learned children's name. He celebrated other people's victories as though they were his own.
OK Solberg:He quietly cried with those who mourned. Years passed. Business owners trusted him because he had never stretched the truth. Neighbors recommended him because he never took advantage of anyone. When jobs became available, someone always said, have you talked to Walter?
OK Solberg:When a committee needed a chairman, they look for Walter. When disagreement surfaces surfaced, both sides wanted Walter in the room. His life became something money could never purchase. Trust, friendship, respect, well, peace. One afternoon, a young man finally asked him, Walter, how did you get so many people to like you?
OK Solberg:Walter smiled. I never tried to make people like me, he said. I just tried to make sure they knew I liked them. Funny thing about kindness, it has a way of traveling in circles. The smile you give today may return years later when you need one yourself.
OK Solberg:The hand you lend today may become the hand that lifts you tomorrow. The encouragement you offer may echo through generations that you'll never meet. Walter never became famous. He never expected applause. Yet when he passed away, the church could hardly hold the crowd. Mechanics stood beside lawyers, teachers beside farmers, children beside grandparents.
OK Solberg:Each one carried a story that began with the simple words, Walter helped me. Perhaps that's what Jesus had in mind all along when he said, thou shalt love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39
OK Solberg:I guess Jesus wasn't doling out a punishment when he said love your neighbor as yourself. It would seem he was providing you with a means of a blessing, as would Walter have told you.
OK Solberg:So until next time, go out and have a good weekend. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.