BETTER TOGETHER: ACCEPTANCE

A FICTIONAL STORY BY BRIAN PULLIN

There once were two loggers sawing logs in the forest. They were a part of a team of loggers who were all performing their specific duties for the day. There was a team that cut down the tree; a team the that shaved off limbs and bark; a team who used a mule to drag the tree the cutting area; and our two loggers who were sawing the wood. As fast a they could finish with one tree, another one would be set in its place for them to start all over again. After several hours of cutting and sawing on these trees, two things were becoming very evident. One, the sawdust pile, left after cutting so many trees, was beginning to become a little mountain. Two, the men, who were sawing the trees, were drenched in their own sweat.

Just before they were to take their brake and then remove the sawdust pile; a very strong headwind blew through the forest and made direct impact on the pile of sawdust that had collected all morning long. Our two sweat-drenched loggers were directly in the path of the dust filled blast. The sawdust covered both men from head to toe; and it stuck to them like glue because of how sweaty they were. They both look at each other and began laughing at how covered in dust the other one was.

What took place next was very interesting. One of the loggers