Tassel Weejuns: Dealing with Disappointments      Rev. Ernie Mills

I remember seeing, for the first time, a pair of Tassel Weejuns in the window of Belks

in downtown Hendersonville. It was love at first sight. But the price was $30 and

neither I nor my parents could afford that. So I took the lay-away plan and put $5

down. It took several months and many lawns to cut before I raised enough money to

own the shoes. Then, after about a month of wearing them, the first tassels

fell off, followed, a few days later, by the second. MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT and

shattered dreams of being the “cool guy” with the Tassel Weejins. As life went on

I got over the disappointment. But the Tassel Weejuns were not the end of disappoint-

ments in my life and they still continue till today. In this reflection (I prefer not to say

“sermon”) we will explore life‟s disappointments and how we cope and deal with them.