I was called upon to do a funeral for a man I never met. Coming to the funeral home, I sat down with the family to listen to their stories, look at pictures, laugh at memories...and through this they painted a picture of William Hurt's life. One memory will forever stay with me...a memory from a man's life I never met!
For decades, William Hurt would wake up at 3:30 in the morning and work as a carpenter all day long. Carpentry is tedious, labor intensive work. It drains a man to work all day long as a carpenter (especially if he was waking up at 3:30). However, he would always try his best to be back home when the school bus dropped off his son. Why? So they could play catch together...just father and son.
That single action, performed by a man I never met, taught me a lesson about being a father that will last all of my life. Don’t be tricked into thinking that you don’t make a difference in this world, or that what you do doesn‘t affect others, because you can make a difference...one, small act at a time. Mr. Hurt made a difference in my life simply by the choice he made, while he was living, to show his love for his son by playing catch. I wonder what simple action you can do that could change someone for a lifetime?
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