On the road again...... (with all due respect to Willy)

Man it's amazing what lying in a bed for a month can do for you.
(I don't recommend it).

It being November and all I must ponder the pending day of thanks. Remember to thank those you care about. Don't wait for turkey day. Do it today.

Now being the proud dad that I am, I just couldn't resist sharing this with you. My son Colin is attending The University of Alaska Fairbanks and playing basketball.

So anyway, here's the link

 

 

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"DORIS (96 Years) YOUNG"
By Mark Matteson

On a recent trip to the dentist, I observed a unique mother/daughter relationship. It was clear they were very close. Doris was having her teeth cleaned. Her daughter drove her there. I struck up a conversation. My mother claims I never met a stranger. My wife and children agree.

“Are you really 96?” I inquired. She smiled. “Yes.” In my writer/social scientist groove now, I asked, “What is your secret to a long life?” Her daughter jumped in and answered, “She reads a book a week. She walks all the time and is a good golfer. She only recently retired from that. She usually has the low score.” Doris smiled and bragged a little. “I’m a great putter. That’s all I ever practice.” “Do you have a philosophy, something you live by?” I asked. “Forget the past, don’t worry about the future and live in the moment. Life is short.”

I have long believed everyone is in sales. Each of us sells something, a product, a service, our company, ourselves, 24/7/365. Perhaps the best example of this principle is Irene Buckley. She began selling Life Insurance in the 1930’s. She was a pioneer. At age 95, she accidentally broke her arm. While she was visiting the doctor, she sold him a $50,000 insurance policy!

Issabelle Doyle turned 105 in 2002. It was on the front page of the local paper. She outlived four husbands, every one of them worked for the railroad. She brags she never ever had to purchase a rail ticket. She won a “Best Ankle’s in Everett” contest in 1915! When asked how she has lived so long, she replied, “All things in moderation. I don’t smoke or drink. I say my prayers every night. My favorite prayer is:
‘Now I lay me down to sleep, I wish I had a man to keep.
If there is one beneath my bed, I hope he heard all I said.’”

All three of these women have one thing in common. They are all optimists.

Recently I have become a big fan of L.I.G. (“Life is Good” retail stores). They sell hats, t-shirts, coffee cups, Frisbees, it’s a cool chain. In 1989 two brothers from Boston, Bert and John Jacobs started designing and hawking their t-shirts door to door. They named their used van, “The Enterprise.” After five years of living in their van, eating peanut butter and jelly, and showering when they could, they had $78 and were almost ready to quit the ultimate road trip…then they created Jake, a smiling J stick man and his dog Rocket. The brand has become an icon of optimism.

I purchased a new hat and their coffee table book of quotes and drawings and read it on recent flight from LA to Seattle.

Here are my favorite quotes from the book:

• Remember, the music is NOT in the guitar.
   

• Youth knows no age.
   

• Good vibes are contagious.
   

• Everything is a once in a lifetime experience.
   

• Takers may eat well, but givers sleep well.
   

• Breathe.
   

• Do what you like and like what you do.
   

• The road to a friend’s house is never long.
   

• Read ‘em and reap (A drawing of a stack of books).
   

• (Remember to) Celebrate!
   

• Keep growing.
   

• The pursuit IS the reward.
   

• Sometimes the best conversation is a game of catch.
   

• Face the bumps with a smile.
   

• The glass IS half full.
   

• In creating, the hard part is to begin.
   

• The work will teach you how to do it.
   

• Blur the line between work and play.
   

• Sometimes nothing is the right thing to do.
   

• Laughter has no foreign accent.
   

• Remember where you came from.
   

• We will never know all the good a smile can do.

Doris Young is always smiling. So is her daughter. They read self-help books to each other as they drive. They are best friends. I pray I live that long with that kind of relationship with my sons. I can just see it, Colin is 66 years young teasing me about my thick glasses as I read to him.

I need to see my dentist more often. He has a great sense of humor. He told me he has two patients over 100 (both women). He said, “I always get them in and out as fast as I can!”

I’m scheduled to see him again in November. I hope I see DORIS “96 Years” YOUNG again. Just don’t tell my wife! Life IS Good.


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