If You Build It, They Will Come
[You need to describe the wonderful experiences of that person’s life and tell of the wonderful memories they’ve left behind.]
There was a movie made several years back that I believe many will remember. The movie starred Kevin Costner. It was entitled A Field of Dreams. It’s a beautiful, whimsical tale of a young farmer who hears a voice from a cornfield say: “If you build it, they will come!”[1] “Build what?” He wants to know. Build a baseball diamond was the answer. “Who will come?” He wants to know. He learns that it would be Shoeless Joe Jackson and other late and great stars of the Chicago White Sox.
The farmer plows under a huge part of that cornfield and builds a ball diamond complete with viewing stands and lights. After a few short days, Shoeless Joe …