STRONG PEOPLE: STAY STRONG

Do you come from strong people?

Baby boomers can answer with a yes easier than others. Who’s going to correct them?

Respect your elders, even if you know they might be confused.

Besides, who’s to judge what strong means?

I will.

You find yourself helping others?

That’s strong.

Someone has trouble at home and they ask for help setting things right and you get the call?

Or someone you know gets the call, and they call you.

If you help out, consider yourself strong.

You are strong like Superman if you put in a twelve hour day helping someone on a moments notice move their stuff out of a house and into a mini-storage while their husband is too busy and their kids aren’t capable.

Extra points if your wife volunteered you and you still went.

There are no deductions if the move goes in reverse three months later without your help.

Life is funny like that.

John Prine says: 

 

That’s the way that the world goes ’round.
You’re up one day and the next you’re down.
It’s half an inch of water and you think you’re gonna drown.
That’s the way that the world goes ’round.

 

 

Say It Again

I know a lady who keeps things close.

She says she gives back in a way meaningful for her, but others don’t understand.

You’ll find her helping others in small ways and big.

Instead of going the route others take to make a difference, she spends the same time making people glad they know her. (Hey JC)

I take cues from her.

I live a small life, the smaller the better, which isn’t to say I don’t get out, or don’t have some fun.

If one of my kids call and asks what I’m doing, my best answer, regardless of whatever else I’m doing, is, “Nothing. What’s up.”

Based on the time I spend with my Dad as an adult, I know time is not infinite, so I want them to have as much as they need.

 

My Motto:

The modern world would like you to think in terms of winning and losing, and that’s not a bad thing.

It turns around when people start calling others losers because they don’t agree with them.

Name calling is bullshit, which is a form of name calling, but I’ll allow it.

If you find yourself on the receiving end of a tirade, instead of taking it to heart because they hit the buttons to make you think they could be right, consider the source.

From their point of view, you suck.

From the point of view of a broader perspective, you might not, but it still stings.

Rely on your experience for clarity.

Learning is the key. Learn why people put others down for their own benefit.

Knowing is better than not knowing.

 

PS: If you don’t know, now you do.

PSS: Do something with what you know, like write a blog. (Who ever says that?)