I received an e-mail from my

good friend Dave Smith which I will share here. The author is unknown.

"Geezers - slang for old

men - are easy to spot. At sporting events, during the playing of the

national anthem, they hold their caps over their hearts and sing without

embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.

Many remember World War I,

the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and

Hitler.

All remember the atomic age,

the Korean War, The Cold War, the jet age and the moon landing, not to

mention Vietnam.

If you bump into a geezer on

the sidewalk, he'll apologize; pass a geezer on the street, he'll nod,

or tip his cap to a lady.

Geezers trust strangers and

are courtly to women. They hold the door for the next person and always,

when walking, make sure the lady is on the inside for protection.

Geezers get embarrassed if

someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like violence

and filth on TV and in movies and on the Internet.

Geezers have moral courage.

Geezers seldom brag unless it's about the grandchildren in Little League

or music recitals.

It's the geezers who know our

great country is protected, not by politicians or police, but by the young

men and women in the military serving their country in foreign lands,

just as they did, without a thought except to do a good job, the best

you can, and to get home to loved ones.

This country needs geezers

with their decent values and common sense. We need them now more than

ever.

Sadly, however, is the realization

that as this generation of geezers passes on, there doesn't appear to

be anyone to take their place."

Although I haven't reached

the "old geezer" category and plan never to do so, I thank God

for geezers. And, yes, I'm proud to be of the geezer generation, gaining

in seniority! Just maybe some of the geezer will rub off on the younger

generation.

"Train up a child in the

way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

What a novel idea!

The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon is

the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC) and a former Army chaplain.

The church is just below Senoia on Ga. Highway 85, a mile past Ga. Highway

16 on the right just below the fire station. Visitors welcome. Church

office and prayer line 770-719-2365; e-mail [email protected].

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