Iced tea and a cool western breeze...

You might think, Keith must be on some gorgeous plain, or perhaps a a beach in California, or maybe even his back porch. None of which are true. I am in fact sitting in the shipping and receiving department out in the Idaho desert on a trailer manufacturing plant...cool thing is, I'm good with that.

You see in the past few months I have been job searching. I landed a job as a parts runner here and I believe I am one of the few college students ok with working a blue collar job. In fact, I am happy to. So happy that I think it is a story that needs to be told to the college students, men and women, and teenagers of the United States.

I will do my very best to communicate my experiences to my readers (however many of few) that a blue collar job is very VERY valuable to learning what you are called to do in your future. The men who work in the plant are men who come from all walks. Some have decent pasts. Some, not so decent.

Take Jimmy. Jimmy works in close proximity to where I work in the purchasing department. He has had his mistakes from what he has told me, but Jimmy has so much heart. You can always count on him to say "Uh oh!" when he sees you and ask you how your day is going. Jimmy has also expressed his interest in my education. Men like Jimmy make me happy to work here. Not only Jimmy, many others make me happy to work here.

In closing, feeling a cool western breeze here or on the beach in California, my backyard, or on some far away plain its the same breeze everywhere...it is merely the way you feel it. All walks of life are different, but we are all living our lives at the same time.

Remember to tip your waiters and waitresses, tell someone you love them, and most of all Let Your Life Shine.