Wisdom is choosing the purity of truth over popularity. The late, great Zig Ziglar certainly knew and lived by these words. It takes real courage and conviction to do so.
Jack Walker Moss, is the late father of Dr. Ron Moss, who is our friend and mentor to our daughters.
Jack Moss framed this poem by Rudyard Kipling and gifted it to many, many people over his lifetime to thank them for their acts of class. He was a real class act himself.
Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident. It can handle anything that comes along.
Class has a sense of humor. It knows a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations.
I sit in my ergonomic office chair gazing out my window at a beautiful tree line. It’s a welcomed mental break from considering a particular client’s challenge and outlining a new book. My eyes catch my favorite painting of my father’s, the Dove of Peace, neatly placed under an arched window.
With two kids home from college and a full family of five back in the nest, we have been enjoying several family activities to kick off the summer. One of them included a trip to the new bowling alley on a rainy day this past weekend.
The genius bowling alley designers decided to help players pass the time waiting for their turn by adding bowling trivia and one-liners under the screens that displayed the scores. And it worked!
So, we thought we share a few of one-liners with you:
A surcee (sir’-chee) is a small unexpected gift. It’s a southern word that is infrequently written but spoken by my dear friend, the late Jan Miranda.
Jan always brought a token of friendship to our lunches. Little did I know that the Monday before her passing, we would share our last lunch, precious conversation and our final exchange of surcees.