I gave a talk in church the other day and as I was preparing for it I began a small list of things that I learned from my dad as I grew up. Not that I have put them all into practice yet. They are as follows:
1. If you think you can do it yourself, then do it yourself.
2. Bend with your knees
3. A good garden will produce ripe tomatoes by the fourth of July
4. Patience and logic breed better understanding and better resolution
5. Rube Goldberg isn't just a man; he is a way of life
6. The harder you work the better off you will be.
I am sure that many of you can think of more, but these are the ones first came to mind.
4 comments:
Great words to live by. I would love to have ripe tomatoes by the fouth of July! Mine still aren't ripe, yikes, what does that say about my gardening skills.
p.s. who's Rube Goldberg?
I love the Rube Goldberg thing- are you saying that dad's life has been like a Rube Goldberg machine? And did you mean "lift with your knees" or actually "bend with your knees"?
Bending with your knees covers a wider range of things that don't necessarily include lifting. Unless you would consider shoveling a form of lifting, which I guess it could be. Kari, you are going to have to look up Rube Goldberg. You will understand when you see his work.
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