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I wanna again welcome you out of The 405 Coffee Break Guys. Icy, snowy out there. Get you a cup of coffee, glass of iced tea, maybe a hot mug of cocoa. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.51 a bushel. 550lb steer calf tapered off a bit, the rush is on $4.08 a pound. Still a good price. Butcher hog in Iowa 66ยข a pound, and a lamb that's fat in Billings, weighting a 100lbs will fetch you $2.19. but guys theres more, much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Today, a little more serious. Today, a tribute to Robin Williams. Robin Williams, born 1951, died in 2014. What a talented and funny man. Sadly, he had depression. Remember him on Mork and Mindy Guys? But he had depression. You'd never know it from looking at him, would you? I know about depression, though I do not suffer from it. I have seen its effects on people near me.
OK Solberg:So this episode is for Robin Williams and everyone who suffers depression. My hat is off to you. If there's anything I can do to help you, let me know. Okay? You probably know that Teddy Roosevelt also suffered depression. President Roosevelt suffered it severely. He wrote, listen, black care rarely sits behind a rider, whose pace is fast enough. Let it soak in now. Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
OK Solberg:So what was he saying? Black care would be depression. Theodore Roosevelt became a cowboy and a good one and he kept busy. He rode, he roped, he worked. Depression rarely sits behind a person who keeps busy enough. The key for Mr Roosevelt was to stay busy and depression seemed to stay at bay most of the time.
OK Solberg:Now a tribute to Robin Williams. In 2010, Conan O'Brien lay on his living room floor crushed. NBC took the Tonight Show from him. His lifelong dream gone. Conan called it the lowest I've ever been.
OK Solberg:Then the phone rang. It was Robin Williams. Now they weren't close friends, just friendly acquaintances. Robin had heard that Conan was struggling. So Robin Williams called. He didn't call to share advice. He called and told jokes, absurd impressions, dynamite one liners. Conan laughed despite the pain.
OK Solberg:Then Robin told him, hey. I ordered you a custom bike. It should arrive soon. When it came, the bike had blinding bright colors and Irish flag, and the combination was over the top top ridiculous. The bike was built in Santa Monica and he sent it just to cheer up Conan. When it arrived, Conan's couldn't stop laughing. Didn't solve anything, but it reminded him joy still existed even in the pain.
OK Solberg:Years later, Conan called it the most moving kindness he had ever received. Robin reached out when no one was watching. No cameras, no applause, just light in the dark, end of quote. Now here's another one. Robin Williams died in 2014. His three kids expected inheritance, but there was something else. Robin left each child a sealed envelope with instruction. Do not open until you need me most.
OK Solberg:His daughter Zelda opened hers during a breakdown in 2019. Inside was written, Zelda, if you're reading this, you're struggling. I know because I struggled too, but you're stronger than your darkest day. I'm not there to hug you, so hug yourself for me. You are enough. You are always enough. Love, dad.
OK Solberg:She posted, dad left me exactly what I needed, not money, but hope. End of quote. How you feeling today? Good, I pray. But if you're feeling low and I saw my dad extremely low, guys. Mental anguish, in my opinion, is the greatest pain known to mankind. So if you're feeling low, I know, what you're feeling is incredibly heavy, but you don't have to carry it alone. Hey. I'll be back tomorrow. See you.
OK Solberg:Oh, wait. I better have a bible verse. Don't you know what? I think I'll share 3. Matthew 11:28 come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Says in Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. And finally, in Psalm 147:3 listen. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
OK Solberg:Thanks now. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.