Early in my administrative career a group of students did a play at my school.  One of the characters was the principal, a man who spent a lot of his time constantly expressing gratitude to those around him.  I don’t really think I was that obvious, but apparently I did it enough to be apparent to those at my job.  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

I’m sure people get tired of my harping on the blessings in my life, but sometimes I feel like a certain famous person who tells Americans that we are going to win so much that we’re going to be sick of winning.  I read about some guy recently winning two different lotteries almost back to back.  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

Flexibility in your schedule is worth its weight in gold.

In 1982 Michael Martin Murphy sang, “Doesn’t anybody ever stay together anymore?  And if love never lasts forever, tell me what’s forever for.”  He says, “Maybe it’s me that’s gone crazy, cause I can’t figure out why; all these lovers keep hurting each other, when good love is so hard to come by.”  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

The constant battle for all of us, particularly the elderly, of coping with a rapidly changing world.

Tim McGraw had a really great song called “Always Be Humble and Kind.”  No one has to tell you how hard it is to do that.  Lubbock’s own Mac Davis used to strut around in tight jeans singing “Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way.”  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

The boys started working for me on my side business when they were young. I didn’t force them or beg them. One day my oldest boy came to a job site where I was drenched in sweat and covered in dust.  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

An older successful friend once volunteered his secret to success.  He called it, “And Then Some.”  Anyone who knows me or have read my books Serving Happiness and Class Rules, know that I believe the secret to happiness is serving others.  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

In Junior High we used to roll around at football practice in sand close to where the bus lot is now.  There was this mean, thorny sticker called a goat head that didn’t just stick, it hurt.  Who hasn’t made the mistake of getting into a patch of grassburrs?  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.

A little Amish lady in Paris, Texas has some of the best bread and pastries in her roadside stand on North Main heading out of town.  Any kind  of salty nuts, like roasted pecans, won’t last long at my house.  My wife likes a certain kind of cookie.  Take a listen to hear the rest of the story.