I’ve found a well-loved character that is worthy of a deep dive. A deep dive into who he is and where he came from. A truly unique character filled with his own kind of wisdom, and a somewhat surprising perspective on life. Can you guess who it is before his identity is revealed?

OTG came to us in 1969, and his personality immediately showed through. OTG was going to be like no one else. 

To most folks, OTG has an abrasive and brash presence. But, he does have a few true friends, and a few great lessons to impart.

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A thought-provoking narrative - shared in purposeful contrast  - to the episode released last week (The Wedge).

 This is a fairly well-known poem from the past, that brilliantly illustrates the concept of what something is really worth. It’s real value -compared to what we often naively suppose.

The Poem was penned by Myra Brooks Welch, and Titled ‘The Old Violin’ but is also known by some as the ‘Touch of the Master's Hand’. Welch wrote this Christ-centered prose in 1921.

Thought-provoking - and containing several biblical references, it compares the value of a simple and overlooked soul to that of an old violin. It illustrates how – when the temporal is stripped away – there is eternal value there. As revealed by the touch of the Master’s hand.

The work was adapted to music in 1974 and has shown up on more than one gospel album since then.

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I’ve got another thought-provoking story to tell you. It’s an adaption based on Chapter 7 of Earl Nightingales' book, ‘On Success’, a classic book from the early self-improvement collection. The adaption is meant to make the story more relatable to our circumstances today.

The setting for the yarn is one of those high-class auction houses where they sell multimillion-dollar paintings, rare and expensive sports memorabilia, and artifacts from the golden age of Hollywood.

This auction was really special.

You see, Satan – Beelzebub – the Devil – or whatever you want to call him - was retiring. After so much success in this world over the years, it was getting to the point where humans were absolutely capable of creating hate, discontent, and all the other deadly sins all on their own.

So, he was selling off his collections, his tools and bobbles of destruction, and retiring to a private island, to watch as the world burned.

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Our world is becoming more litigious by the day. And, there have been some consequences of that tendency that we all see, every day, and more and more than ever. It’s getting to the point where we nearly ignore them. And, that’s probably not good because they really are helpful – sometimes.

What am I talking about?

Those bright yellow, orange, or red images known as warning labels. caution signs, hazard signs, and idiot stickers.

You see them on the street, mixed in with billboards, location signs, business signs, speed limit signs, and parking signs.

You see them on products from paint to detergent, 4 wheelers to pickleball paddles, and even food. 

Folks are in a position where they have to add warnings to everything to try and avoid lawsuits. But, there is just not enough space on most stuff to place a warning sticker for every potential hazard on everything.

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Got a question for you. What does it take to be a star and a great performer?

 Typical answers might be - A great voice, the ability to be a bit edgy and get people’s attention, A great smile, well-spoken, a cutting-edge wardrobe, be absolutely relatable to what’s happening now, sexy, and educated, with extraordinarily good looks, and a willingness to push societal boundaries.

 A lot of the really popular performers of today also include a big ego, some self-importance, and an unhealthy amount of arrogance. I mean, heck - what good are you if you don’t show everybody you know your worth.

Well, Ok. 

But I’d like to tell you a story about a performer from the past who was anything but what you’d think a great and loved star and performer should be. He was atypical.

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This episode is the true story of a part of the Jewish holocaust in which a bright light of goodness and courage can be found.

 During world war II, and after the Germans had invaded Poland, they began to move forward with their 'Final Solution'. The extermination of all Jews. 

Part of this plan in Poland displacing and moving Jews from their homes into a single segregated 16 block neighborhood in Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto was increasingly sealed off from the rest of the city - and the entry and exit points were controlled by the Nazis. 

All of this was prior to transporting them in cattle cars to prison camps where they would be used as slave labor (or worse, where they might become lab rats in medical experimentation) until they were slaughtered and buried in mass unmarked graves. 

But, under the noses of the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto - there was an angel - that was able to rescue 2500 children.

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There is an ancient Chinese fable you may have heard before – or maybe not – that tells the story of a simple but wise farmer and his view on Luck - and his consideration of what was bad and what was good over time. 

 A great story from eons past that has very good application to our lives right now.

Bad luck is seldom as bad as it seems, and it sure does make you appreciate the good times. And, good luck – well enjoy the moment, it’s all you really have – and there’s another moment full of possibility on the way, so don’t be stuck within the moment you are in.

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In my family, there is a story told about my great grandfather Jens Christian Jensen. A very unique and ingenious man for his time.

Great Grandpa was a jack of all trades, raising a family on the alkali and prickly pear cactus flatlands of Emery County, Utah in the late 1800s and early 1900s. 

These were an industrious lot who found ways to irrigate arid lands scrape out a living in a place most folks would happily walk away from. But, Mormons, Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were pretty unpopular at the time. Just a few decades before they had been forcibly driven out of Towns they had built like Kirtland Ohio and Nauvoo Illinois to name a few, and they were happy to be in a place where there was no one trying to kill them and take their lands – probably because no one wanted the remote, arid, and barren place they choose to settle in.

For Grandpa Chris there was another way - other than farming – along with a few others he was a prospector who found a very pure vein of uranium near Temple Mountain.

The uranium helped provide a good living for the family but was quite likely the thing that ultimately took his life.

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"Hi! My name is Tish."

" My Husband does a podcast, it’s called ‘An Ounce’. 

People are always asking what he does, what kind of podcast is it? Where does he gets the ideas? So,  this little episode is kind of an origin story – a quick description of what he does, and what the Podcast is.

But, we didn’t want it to be boring.

 So, since I’m always asking him questions, and he jokingly say’s “stop interrogating me!” I got an idea – I really am going to interrogate him for you. C’mon along with me. Just let me grab my dark glasses and the battery cables (Hehehe).

This is gonna’ be fun ; ) !

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