South Texas Shooters (Photography That Is!)

These past weeks have been a challenging and ever changing , the weeks to come will bring more challenges and changes which will mean more courage to overcome the fear that tries to keep us from duty and service.

All across our world there are people that display courage by overcoming fear by doing duty and service to others. There are the health care workers first responders , military members and service folks. I understand that most do what they do because it is what they trained for, some do it out of service to others and some do it to keep employed. Each day they set out to do what needs to be done, to provide service to others and during these times that takes courage to overcome the fear that wants you to not do your duty. We provide service to others.

I work in an industry that has been classified as “Essential”, I work in the transit/transportation industry. We get people where they need to go, those health care workers, first responders, service folks and folks that have been deemed as essentials. The people I work with come in each day to get the hours needed for the pay period, we have some that do what they do because it is the right thing to do! We have our fears and we use our courage each day to do our duty and provide service. We have folks that ride with us that don’t need be riding, because its free, because they have nothing to do, because they have no place to go, so they come and ride with us, not just in my city but all across the USA and more than likely all across the world! These are the people that brings fear to me, but I do my duty with the courage of David facing Goliath because service to the good folks is priority. I fear interacting with them because I am told that I am in that group of folks more prone to Covid19 , but my sense of duty and service brings about the courage to do the right thing.

I also believe that a boss, supervisor, leader should lead by example! The folks I work with and supervise deserve it! The people that ride with us deserve it, all the folks that provide our service deserve it.

Each day I open my eyes I say Thank You God, each day I put on the uniform I am thankful that I get an opportunity to do something for another, I will never go down in the history books, but I will try and make an impact while I’m there for the folks that stand to my left and right!!! I will display courage to overcome the fear and do my duty to provide service to others!!! Not noble, maybe a little crazy, a little foolish and a bit “Old School!”

“Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

I believe the above quote describes all of us transit workers doing what we do day in and day out!! We are “Hero’s moving Hero’s”

Let us all Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Strong!!!