If you guessed my worst New Year’s memory was in Vietnam, try again. It was enjoyable. There was a cease fire; we had turkey dinners; and the village people of Ben Luc played Christmas music all day (badly). It was the year before Ho Chi Minh’s and his gang gave us the Tet offensive.
This bad memory was [...]
Maxwell’s Hardware is a quintessential small town; family owned hardware store. No matter how badly you phrase your questions, the staff will interpret them and show you where the answers are stored. If you need to learn how to do something, they’ll teach you.
Going to Maxwell’s is an almost daily notch for me. Even though the inventory doesn’t [...]
The man entered his home to the familiar sound of young, male voices arguing loudly. It was coming from the kitchen. His son and his friends were leaving for college soon and have been hanging around his house all day talking.
As the man passed by the kitchen, his son said, “Dad, can we ask you a question? We’ve been arguing all day [...]
My year as a Rotary Club president offered weekly speaking and writing challenges. Being one of the youngest members, I didn’t want the elders to see me sweat at the lectern so I prepared well.
One meeting was an emotional one. A beloved member had died suddenly following an operation. There was no warning, and we [...]
During the holidays, Dad worked monster hours at his retail job. Mom was a stay-at-home one before the term was coined. She kept the house in fine order. There were six siblings, and we always had want we needed which is a tribute to our parents.
One Christmas eve, we had unexpected guests. One of my brothers [...]
“Don’t act; be.”
I no longer worry about how to act. I accept the fact I have the traits to be what I need to be.
This motto can be applied in almost any circumstance.
Here’s an example: rather than acting mature; be mature. You can replace the word “mature” with any other trait, and it’ll apply.
Get the gist!