Selected Life Lesson
It’s not what you say about yourself that defines your character. It’s what others say about you.
-Gary A’s Life Lesson from Leavenworth, Kansas
Richard’s Thoughts…
In thinking about Gary’s lesson, I am taken back two weeks to when President George W. Bush dedicated his library. There was a lot of news coverage, and not all of it good. Many writers and reporters took the time to remind the public why they despised the man, five years since he left office.
But then there were others that surprised me. One was Donna Brazile’s column for CNN: Bush came through on Katrina. She writes how the President made her a promise and came through in more ways than one. That is character.
What will others say about you? Whether you are the president or who you are today, your actions matter, but the history is up to others. Make what others say a virtual guarantee.
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Friendships are hard because everyone works until seven or eight in the evening and to get together can take an hour of travel — one way! Relationships are hard for the same reason, and because, and this is especially true if you are in the early phases of dating and getting to know someone, there is this feeling that there is always someone better. In a city of eight million people, it’s a pandemic that can’t be cured.
