I Love That You Care This Much About Me
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Hey there, hero!
Every so often – the tech gets the best of me.
When we switched over to having these videos published on VOHeroes instead of the old site, there was a glitch, and the email for that day’s video wasn’t sent out.
And I got no less than a dozen different emails that morning that all said very similar things.
I have to admit – it made me cry.
Hope this helps!
David
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Raw YouTube Captioning
hey there it’s David H Lawrence the 17th
and every so often
that which I love bites me in the butt
technology love technology and recently
when we switched over we used to publish
the blog post that hold these videos on
the old site
but then we switched to vo heroes which
is the new site and hopefully you’re
seeing them there but the morning we
switched over
I was I was nailed by technology I
thought I had everything set up just
perfectly and something that I could
never have seen coming happened the
video published as it was supposed to
publish but then my email service
provider that sends notices out for hey
the new videos out that you guys get
every morning if you’re on the list and
if you’re not on the list you can get on
the list there’s a box below that says
get on the list it didn’t send out the
email it didn’t send out the email for
that particular morning and you know I
felt kind of you know sad about that
because you can’t really say to somebody
no no really I did a video I said I
would do a video every day and I really
did do it and then the next day it sent
out like sent like five videos so but
what happened aside from that was just
really really touching I got like a
dozen or so emails from people saying
hey where are you I didn’t get a notice
saying that you had your video today do
you have a video today are you okay is
everything alright I just wanted to
check on you
and I didn’t expect that I I thought you
know people watch these when they feel
like watching them and that’s probably
what really happens but it’s funny how
you know you don’t know what you got
till it’s gone right
and it just really they touched me that
you guys
Senate note so thank you and thank you
for supporting me in this challenge and
thank you for all the kind words that
you have and thank you for pushing back
when you don’t agree and thank you for
letting me know when you do agree I got
nothing for you to put in the comment
box you want to say something about this
great but I got no great question for
you I just wanted to thank you so thank
you I’m David H Lawrence the 17th I
thank you for watching this video and
every video every day I will talk to you
tomorrow.
What is there NOT to love…
What is there NOT to respect…
What is there NOT to appreciate…about YOU?
Dave, you are a tried and true, consummate professional who is with us every step of the way…even when we don’t think we need your pearls of wisdom (those are usually the times our thinking is LYING to us!).
Technology may sometimes betray us, but the constant in the universe is LOVE CONQUERS ALL.
Thank you for the love and respect you give us. You enhance our lives with every sharing.
Hi David, Thank YOU for making these videos. I watch them every morning with my breakfast. I do look forward to them! You have a great way of explaining things and making almost any subject interesting. Keep up the good work! (I really like your new site too.)
Wonderful message. It’s funny to me that, being a technologist as well, when I saw the oddities going on, I just knew automatically that it was switch-over glitches. (It probably helped that we had talked shortly before then, and I knew it was coming.) So, instead of concern for your well-being, my thought was, “yeah, he knows stuff’s going wrong–don’t bother him with more noise right now.”
Love ya, dude.
Thank YOU, David, for all you do!
Well, I am sorry that I was not one of those wondering if you were ok but I subscribed to your YouTube channel and it popped up when I open YouTube that morning. I really enjoy watching them every morning and maybe if I had not seen it on YouTube, I would have been concerned about you :-).
This is a very helpful video today for me. Its so easy to forget that behind every service or task I am in , there is a PERSON behind it that I need to remember first before I address what I need from them. That can help shape my patience, remind me to be selfless vs. demanding, and so on. I am glad this happened for you because I know there is not one person on your team who is not grateful for you and all you do, You also are like any of us-striving towards your own goals and need support and encouragement too. All this to say-I hope I remember this video and take time to inquire of the person before I might inquire of what I need. I am grateful for those who reached out to you with that kind of heart. Great examples to follow.
Glad to hear that you’re fine. I’m one of those who get to the Daily 365 whenever, and dismiss emails routinely with, “Yeah, yeah, I know. I’ll watch;” so I didn’t miss what I missed. The emails aren’t important; the videos are, and I found it where I always find it and thus, was and remain untraumatized 😉
You engender such love, caring and compassion because you give such love, caring and compassion. No surprise to me.
Carry on.
??????? YAY YOU! (And…WHAT a Village we have! ?)
Yay! This is very sweet. You do great things for a lot of people, and we certainly appreciate it. Technology can kick all of us in the butt, sometimes on a regular basis. Really glad you’ve been able to keep up these videos (and that you’re doing great!) 🙂
David, we DO care about you and appreciate you. You don’t know how much good you do everyday. Our world and THE world is better because of who you are and what you do.
THANK YOU!
PS: How is the shoulder?
It’s awesome! I have 95% mobility already.
Lots of great information in these daily videos and a great challenge for you to create 365 of them. Thanks for the videos David.
OK, I’ve been meaning to ask you this since you moved here: where did you get that music?
What music are you asking about?
The music that you use for the One -A-Day Videos.
I have a subscription to AudioHero.com. I kid you not.
Oh, I’ve GOT to hear this…
Love these videos! Thank you for all the work you put into them. You are a fantastic teacher.