WRITTEN STORIES
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Scouting
Scouting "I am not what happens to me, I am what I choose to become." Carl Jung If you have the gift of reading someone's feelings from the expression on his face, you might decipher mine in the photo above. Standing on our driveway, about to depart to Scout Camp for...
The Baby Bed
The Baby Bed "A family is one of nature's masterpieces." George Santayana A baby crib came into the life of our family just before I was born. My parents were wild for antiques, so they bought a hundred-year-old baby crib in an antique store, to be my first bed. The...
What makes you come alive?
What makes you come alive? "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive." Howard Thurman The following story was contributed by my very good friend, Mike Kazanjian. My best...
The Royal Marriage
The Royal Marriage "The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases." Nia Vardalos Recently, I became aware of the distinction between the royal usage of the word "we" and the typical usage of...
Begin with the end in mind
"Begin with the end in mind." Stephen R. Covey Is this among the best advice ever given on succeeding at just about anything? When we begin with no end in mind, we are sailing out of the port with no destination. Beginning with the end in mind gives us a target for...
The Three Steps
The Three Steps "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Abraham Lincoln Have you ever noticed that some people can be difficult to get along with? Well, I have, and some of them are related to me. For instance,...
Happy New Year!
"Just remember this, when you think you have exhausted all your resources, you haven't." Thomas Edison Two thousand and twenty-one is going to be a great year. Why is that? Because we are going to make it so. We have a brand new year ahead of us, and it will be...
Can One Person Make a Difference?
Can One Person Make a Difference? "I was in prison, and you visited me." Matthew 25:36 A young man on the wrong path sat in a cell in San Quentin. His drunken, failed burglary of a small cafe in Bakersfield had landed him there. Another young man, once a rising star,...
Workday Destressers
Workday Destressers "Being busy and being productive are two different things." Unknown Sometimes my workday gets very hectic, especially when I just throw myself into the mosh pit of constant activity. So when the end of the day arrives, I'm wound up and have a...
Big Case-itus
Big Case-itus "There is no substitute for activity." Jim Aaron You've heard the cliché about the danger of having too many irons in the fire. And to a degree this is true. In our busy world, we can easily have too much going on in too many areas. I'm very focused in...
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