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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 wanna again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Get your cup of coffee, glass of iced tea, bottle of water, grab your umbrella, it's gonna rain again, and let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.92 a bushel. A canner cow will bring you from $2,700 to $2,800 if they're in good flesh. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings top end, $3.07 a pound. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:If you're a good swimmer, people won't even know you're drowning. A good friend sent me that last week. Listen again. I love it.
OK Solberg:If you're a good swimmer, people won't even know you're drowning. I latched on to that like a dog to a bone. That is profound. It's so good that I have Lynette Green making a plaque for my office saying just that. Now now people, you have to understand the position I'm in.
OK Solberg:People come to visit with me all the time. I love it. But sometimes they have something troubling them, and it's nice to have someone to share it with. Now think about this. We can all put on our go to town face.
OK Solberg:And and believe me, it's important that we do sometimes put on our go to town face. We don't wanna be the kind of person then when when we meet someone in Albertsons and they ask us how we're doing, we don't wanna say terrible, terrible. I don't have any money. My wife is mad at me. My hemorrhoids are acting up again and I feel like I was just in a fight with a staircase.
OK Solberg:We don't wanna lay that load on a person in the aisle at Albertsons, and that's a good idea. But since we learn to mask our emotions, this saying makes a whole lot of sense. If you're a good swimmer, people don't even know you're drowning. But believe me, if something is troubling you, you need to talk with someone. It's good to get it out.
OK Solberg:It's good to have a friend, a friend to tell at the right time. There's a Psalm in the Bible that we don't hear much about. It's Psalm 88. Your homework assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to read Psalm 88. It's there for a purpose even though you don't hear many pastors share it from the pulpit.
OK Solberg:Here, let me give you a taste of the Psalm. Here's the last four verses. Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors. I'm I'm helpless. Your wrath has swept over me. Your dreadful assaults destroyed me. They surrounded me like a flood all day long. They have closed in on me altogether. You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me. My companions have become darkness. Thats Psalm 88 verses 15 through 18. Did you hear the ending? My companions have become darkness.
OK Solberg:Hello, darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk to you again. Now you might wonder why that depressing Psalm is even in the Bible. Now I believe part of it is because we need to verbalize our thoughts and feelings at the right time. We need to get them out.
OK Solberg:There's something healing when we can express our anguish to someone. Bottom line, nothing shifts until it's verbalized. Nothing changes until we talk it out. That's why that one liner is so valuable to me if you're a good swimmer, people won't even know you're drowning.
OK Solberg:We live in a community that says pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Nobody said life is fair. So within this realm, we need to have a friend to share the grief within our lives, a good friend that can listen.
OK Solberg:Now you might be asking me, do I have any friends? Well, let me tell you. It's a lot easier to make an enemy than a friend. True friendship isn't cherished enough until we realize that I can make a thousand enemies by noon, but it takes years to gain one true friend. This program was brought to you by even I don't know what I was saying, but it sure made good sense.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.