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Originally Posted by Walt.
Do people actually think this is a true story?
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Frequently people offer posts of inspiration on this forum. They are meant to make us stop and think and value what we have and maybe try to help others or at least be patient with others.
The person who posted this is a very decent and kind and very well read gentleman and a frequent visitor to our home. We have known him on this forum for many years and many of us followed his struggles, waiting for his home to sell in Connecticut in a down market. He without fail always welcomed a new villager with the words. "Congratualations. You are living the dream". This went on for several years and finally just over a year ago, maybe two now, he arrived here and found a home and started living the dream himself.
Joe is an avid reader of history and I have two hefty books that he brought me sitting on my coffee table right now. Two biographies of presidents.
He has a charming and very successful son and a delightful granddaughter who have both visited our home. Joe cooks up a mean pot of "macaroni". He is a real person who is very well liked by dozens of folks here in The Villages.
He offered this story as an inspiration. Joe, himself, is an inspiring man.