This is Jockel Podcast number 177 with Echo Charles and me, Jockel Willink. Good evening, echo. Good evening.

A few days later, when I walked downstairs to go work out, I saw Uncle Jake's bag packed up sitting by the door.

That's when it hit me.

The summer was almost over and Uncle Jake was leaving again.

I went out to the garage to work out and Uncle Jake was already there.

Last workout with me for the summer, he said with a smile.

I can't believe it's over already. Summer always goes by so fast, I told him.

Yes, it does, Uncle Jake said quietly. And life does the same thing.

I wasn't sure what Uncle Jake meant by that, so I asked, what?

You'll see, Mark, he said. Life goes by quickly, like a summer day.

It never seems that way when you're young, but when you get a little older, you'll see.

Life goes by fast, so don't waste any time. You don't get a second chance.

Uncle Jake stood for a minute looking at me with a serious face.

Then he gave me a little smile and said, speaking of wasting time, let's stop wasting time.

And get this workout done. He jumped up on the pull-up bar, grabbed hold, and started knocking them out.

And that is a little excerpt from the last chapter.

You may new book, the latest edition in the series, Way of the Warrior,

could kid book three, the subtitle of book is where there is a will. And I wrote that part of the

book because I wanted to let kids know as early as possible that that is the truth.

That life goes by like a summer day and that life is short.

And if you remember when you were a kid and summer, you get out of school for the summer,

and it seems like you have all the time in the world. It seems like summer vacation is going to last forever.

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