What I learned, at a car show.

It might be better to say, what I remembered at a car show.

After the baptism on Saturday, I went to a car show, all by myself. It reminded me of a lesson I learned in high school, over thirty years ago. When you are O K with being by yourself, you are better with the people around you.

When I moved from Tremonton, Utah, too Layton, Utah, I had a little problem making friends, at Layton High. A couple of years earlier, I had moved from California, too Tremonton, too live with my Uncle, Ted. I didn't know it at the time, but that move was made allot easier, just having cousins around to ease you into the friend making process. For the first couple of weeks, in Layton,I tried real hard to make friends, but it seemed the harder I tried, or the more needy I acted, the more others would make fun of me.

It was rough, but I could at least come home too my brother Steve, my sister Stacey and my Mom. We were not a perfect family, but we did OK with what we had. And thanks to there efforts, we are still getting better and better, all the time, as a family.

Back to my story that is the point of this blog. After all these years, I can still remember, how in my sixth period math class, we students were forced into study groups. There was four of us and one of the guys, road me like a rented mule at the Grand Canyon. I have to thank this kid, that I can't even remember his name, because with out him, I wouldn't have learned this great lesson. You don't need a large number of friends to be happy. All I needed then and all I need now is my family. Every friend that I have beyond my family, is a blessing, true, but your happiness always starts at home.

So what about the car show? Well it reminded me that you can be alone, for a short time, and still be alright. Your family may not always be by your side, but they can always be your point of strength.

Even in my own family, there is no one who enjoys the things that I do. So what if I went to the car show by myself. I had a good time and I took over two hundred pictures.

And it doesn't take common interest, for some one to be your friend. A good friend, that I have know for years, Frank Barnes, was at the baptism earlier that day, and ask me what I was doing this weekend. When I told him that I was going to a car show, he had never heard of one and thought I was going to look to buy a new car. The thought of cars as art, escapes most people.

This blog is not about the cars, but about what you can learn from doing the things you love. Everyone who has a passion, can share with the world, what they learn from there own life.

Thank you once again for reading my ramblings. Enjoy the pictures - Boyd
P.S. I wrote four blogs today, so you may want to keep reading.

Also, This blog has, given me ideas for at least another four blogs. Look for blogs about my life in Tremonton, my best friend in high school, what you can get from watching TV and an ode to my dentist, all coming in the future.