Good Stuff

Ok - I know this one may be a long read, but in light of Monday's events, here's two things I'd really like to share with you.

Monday night Doreen watched CMT (Country Music Television) Awards Show. I talked to her after that and she was telling me how the show ended with a powerful closing commentary by funnyman Jeff Foxworthy that lead into an awesome song by Martina McBride.

Well, they re-aired the show and I happened to catch the very end and the stuff Doreen wanted me to see.

They were BOTH very, VERY good. And when we see events like Monday and the reason people withdrawl and do mean things to others that have a lasting effect - if we all had these attitudes and values of what you will read - things would be a bit different on this Earth.

Enjoy!

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Speech by Jeff Foxworthy
Well this the third year in a row that I have done this. Which sets some kind of a record for me being on the same show. And I started thinking about why I like Country music and doing this show so much. and here's what I came up with ya'll.....

I like Country music because it's about the things in life that really matter.

It ain't about braggin' about how you're gonna mess somebody up or how somebody ain't respectin' ya.

It's about love, family, friends with a few beers, a cheap woman and a two timing man thrown in for spice.

It doesn't take political sides, even on things as ugly as war.

Instead it celebrates the brave men and women who go to fight 'em and the price they pay to do it and the longing we have for them to return home to the ones that they love.

It's about kids and how there ain't nothin' like 'em. I get tired of hearing about how bad kids are today. Because there are a lot of great kids out there today that just need somebody to love 'em and believe in 'em.

Country folks love their kids and they will "Jack You Up" if you try to mess with 'em.

People in Country music don't forget the people that allow them to do what they do for a livin'.

They sign autographs and they take pictures with the fans because they know without 'em most of us entertainers would be gettin' a lot dirtier in the course of our work day.

We are thankful that people wanna hear the songs and the jokes that we write.

Country music doesn't have to be politically correct.

We sing about God because we believe in Him.

We are not trying to offend anybody, but the evidence that we have seen of Him in our small little lives trumps your opinion about whether or not He exist.

We love Country music because it touches us where we live. It's about mamas and when they were hot, and when they were under appreciated and when they were dying.

It's about daddys and the difficulty they have sometime in telling the people that they work so hard to protect and provide for how they feel about 'em.

Country music is about new love and it's about old love.

It's about gettin' drunk and it's about gettin' sober.

It's about leavin' and it's about coming home.

It's REAL music.....sung by REAL people.....for REAL people.
The people that make up the backbone of this country.

You can call us Rednecks if you want. We're not offended, cause we know what we're all about.

We get up and go to work. We get up and go to church. And we get up and go to war when necessary. All we ask for is a few songs to carry us along the way.

And that's why I love this show. Because it ain't some self-imported Hollywood hype where the winner is determined by somebody else.

On this show YOU decide who goes home with a trophy. And YOU get to dance and sing along with the people that bring you the songs of your life.

–Jeff Foxworthy 2007 CMT Video Awards

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"Anyway" by Martina McBride

You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might never come your way
Dream it anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

This world's gone crazy
It's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway

You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
In a moment they can choose to walk away
Love 'em anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yea - sing it anyway

I sing
I dream
I love
Anyway