Scott Pio's Life

Multimedia Message The world doesn’t want the meek, it wants the Bull, but the meek shall inherit the Earth.

Multimedia Message The world doesn’t want the meek, it wants the Bull.

4th of July, my night..

Great 4th! Mudding, A few hundred dollars in Jeep repairs, BBQ (didn’t really have one), Metroing to Capital Hill, Haggling our way to get in front of the stage after arriving late, saw Reba McEntire Live for the first time, became famous on International Television, saw DC from the top of the W., puked after a packed metro ride, and ended the night with an amazing woman! Its one to go down in the history books.

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists, Eleven were merchants, Nine were farmers and large plantation owners;Men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. 
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people as you can, please. It’s time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.

Semper Fidelis

Patience

So today, I stopped at a red light up here and a guy screamed from the side walk through my window.  All he wanted was a ride 4 or 5 lights down, maybe about a mile.  I was hesitant, but I was by my self and there was plenty of light out.  So I gave him a ride like I have done for a few others in my life and I figured I would help him out.  Well at the end of the mile long drive, I stopped to let him out.  When I had stopped, someone behind me had pulled up and then started honking, but then swerved around me.  He muttered something then, that I think I have been missing in my life for some time.  It made me think a lot.  He muttered “no patience”.  I don’t think its something I will forget for quite some time.  I have been lacking patience in my life.  Its so clear now.  I need patience, and I will strive again for it.  He touched me so vividly today.

I wrote this to someone else.  Thought I would duplicate it here.  Small life changing moment in my life and figured it could be in someone elses.