The world doesn't need another grumpy, old man. And I apologize to anyone if I have acted that way. First of all, I don't consider myself to be old. (Am I dreaming?) Secondly, although the stressful burdens of the business world, raising a male teenager, and life in today's economic environment can be trying, I prefer the thought of being pleasant to the alternative. I'm not always successful, it's true. That's why these two quotes from office wall are helpful reminders:
"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."
Abraham Lincoln
"Where is it written that important assignments must be carried out with an air of grim determination."
Andy Stefanovich (founder of a Virginia think tank called PLAY)
I must remember those thoughts. Must, must, must. If I don't, please slap me and tell me to go back to Snow White's cadre of dwarves. Thank you.
