Years ago my good friend Fred told me about a delightful conversation he had with his then 3-year old grandson, Nathan. Nathan was just about to have another birthday.
“Grandpa, I don’t want to be 4. I want to stay 3.”
“Why is that?”
“Because after you turn 4, then you turn 5.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“Because when you turn […]
“I never get a vacation. I need one, but I never get one.”
“I need sleep. I’m not getting enough. When I can’t fully recharge with a good night’s sleep, work is overwhelming.”
“I’d love to take a nap. But I have so much to do that I feel guilty taking one.”
That’s what I heard today from […]
Years ago my friend Glen, a cowboy who’d rather be horseback riding and team roping than doing anything else, summarized the inherent problem of not taking life one day at a time as only he could do.
“When ya’ got one foot in yesterday and the other foot in tomorrow, yer’ pissin’ all over today.”
Cowboy vernacular […]