Yesterday I watched Jimmy Carter's funeral procession arrive in Washington, D.C. and his casket carried into the Capitol. In the atrium of the Capitol he was surrounded by his family and some of the most powerful people in our government. Speeches were made, beautiful music was sung, kind words were shared.

I remember years ago when at his inauguration he got out of his car in the motorcade and he and his wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy began to walk down the avenue. He was many things during the course of his life - officer in the Navy, peanut farmer, governor of Georgia, President, husband, father, leader of the Free World. His accomplishments are many, and he is more well known today for what he did after the presidency. He did not seem to waste a minute of his life.

I could go on and on about his accomplishments, but one thing stands out in my mind about Jimmy Carter. He was a man of faith. More than that, he was a decent human being. It's hard in our world to find people who are "decent", people who are kind, caring, honest, upstanding, moral, and virtuous. Jimmy Carter, from what I could see, was all of those things and probably more. He logged in 100 years and, without wasting an opportunity, he gave himself to make the world a better place. He didn't need a title, he just needed an opportunity. 

Jimmy Carter remains a great example to all of us.

MEH