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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 you a cup of coffee. It's cooler today. Feels a lot better. Glass iced tea or bottled water. Let's see what's happening out there.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.98 a bushel knocking on the $6 door. 550lb steer calf not moving much now, but they'll quote you $5.40 a pound on the top end and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings not moving hardly an inch $3.31 a pound. But guys, there's more. Much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Okay. Did you realize in this day and age, we can find so much on the Internet? I know much is wasteful. Loads of it is untrue. Yet, hidden beneath that big shot liar comes truth like no other. If you're careful, If you are careful, you can find things people have never heard before but all agree with.
OK Solberg:Now, guys, I found just that, and I'd like to share it with you today under a story simply titled
OK Solberg:The Weight of a Small Choice:
OK Solberg:There was a man. There was a man named Daniel who owned a little repair shop at the edge of town. Nothing fancy. Just old tools, worn hands, and a reputation that seemed to travel further than his advertisements ever could.
OK Solberg:Every morning, before he unlocked the front door, he would stand quietly for a moment and remind himself that a day's work is built one choice at a time. Now one rainy Tuesday, a customer hurried in.
OK Solberg:He was distracted and anxious asking Daniel to repair a piece of equipment before sunset. It would have been easy to take a shortcut. No one would have noticed. The repair probably would have lasted long enough to avoid questions, but Daniel Daniel knew something that years had taught him. A good name is worth more than riches.
OK Solberg:Honest scales matter. The path of integrity may seem longer, but it is always steadier. So he did the work right the 1st time. Even though it cost him extra time and a little money, the customer frowned at the delay and left without much of a thanks. By evening, Daniel wondered if honesty was, well, becoming too expensive.
OK Solberg:The next morning, a pickup truck pulled into the lot, out stepped a rancher with a smile. I heard about what you did yesterday, he said. The fellow who left here was complaining that you wouldn't cut corners. That's exactly why I'm here. He unloaded several broken machines.
OK Solberg:I've been looking for someone I can trust. Daniel simply nodded. He had learned that plans established with careful counsel stand firm while hurried decisions often stumble. He'd also learned that gentle words can accomplish what loud arguments never will. Well, guys, years passed.
OK Solberg:Young apprentices came through the shop, each eager to make money quickly. Daniel taught them something different. Skill will feed your family, he would say, but character will keep customers coming back.
OK Solberg:He showed them that diligent hands produce abundance while laziness quietly empties even a full barn. He reminded them that pride walks ahead of a collapse, but humility keeps a man teachable.
OK Solberg:When mistakes happened, and they always did, they face them honestly instead of hiding them because whoever conceals wrongdoings gains nothing, but the one who admits and turns from it finds mercy. By the time Daniel's hair had turned gray, people no longer spoke first about his repairs. They spoke about his life. They trusted his word. They believed his handshake.
OK Solberg:Children watched him. Neighbors depended on him. His family rested under the shelter of consistency more than wealth. And if anyone had asked Daniel the secret of life, of a life well lived, well, he probably would not have talked about business at all.
OK Solberg:He would have smiled and said that wisdom speaks softly, asks for patience, rewards diligence, honors humility, loves truth, guards the tongue, and builds a reputation one ordinary decision at a time.
OK Solberg:For it turns out that the smallest choices often become the biggest and greatest foundation. The end and guys within that story, the teachings come directly from the book of Proverbs right out of the bible, and in the story it lists them.
OK Solberg:Proverbs 22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches. Proverbs 11:1 honest scales delight the lord. Proverbs 10:9 whoever walks in integrity, walks securely. Proverbs 15:22 plan succeed with many counselors. 15:1 a gentle answer turns away wrath.
OK Solberg:Proverbs 10:4 10-4 buddy. Diligent hands bring wealth. 16:18 pride goes before destruction. And finally, Proverbs 28:13 whoever conceals sin does not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them finds mercy. What about that then?
OK Solberg:So until next time. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.