We all carry around in our minds famous quotations that have stood the test of time. Some are good to know and good even to follow. . “ The unexamined life is not worth living”. (Socrates) “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” (Ben Franklin) Some might be good in…
Spring. 1958. It was a bit cool, and a misty fog had settled over the driveway when my Pop hurriedly hitched the trailer pulling his 16 foot Aluminum boat to his 57 Chevy. We were rushing a bit because it was later than we would normally leave on a Saturday morning to go fishing on Old Hickory Lake. We reached…
I was a new HR Manager for Frito-Lay in 1977 when I took the flight to Miami for a three day introduction to the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale sales region. Jerry Cavitt, the Division Sales Manager, met me for lunch at the Airport Holiday Inn where I was staying. The lunch was a really good start to my work in…
I was having lunch earlier this year with Steve Robinson, a new friend who was head of FCA in the Nashville area for 40 years or so, and he asked me to share with him my Faith Story. I did. Then he asked me if I had shared it with my grandchildren. I told him I had not. “Why not…
I’m actually a pretty emotional guy…inside. Outward expression…not so much. Maybe that’s why I have never been a big fan of what some might call 7-11 praise and worship songs in church. You know, those songs that have about seven words that are sung repeatedly about eleven times. They have always seemed to me to…