Only One Life - By Dale Gentry - His Story - His Journey

Chapter Four

The Motto

1955:

W hile I was still in elementary school, I remember

a young man coming to our door, selling mottos. Mottos

were a piece of cardboard with a black background and

silver lettering. My mother purchased one that read,

“ONLY ONE LIFE IT WILL SOON BE PAST.

ONLY WHAT’S DONE FOR CHRIST WILL LAST.” My

dad nailed it on the wall of our small living room. That

motto disappeared somewhere in years past, but in my

mind’s eye I can still see it hanging there. It’s continued

to influence my life all these years and I never realized

it would one day be the title of my autobiography.

That same year, my days were filled with sports.

Each afternoon after school I was either playing football

at Ronnie Hobzifkin’s house or basketball at Eldon

Sears. I remember my mom interrupting our games late

each afternoon by shouting from our small back porch,

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