I got a link to a very cool little video a few days ago
Check it out http://www.lshs64.com/enjoytheride.html
It's worth 3 minutes of your time.
The one thing I learn over and over and over again is that if you don't like what's happening, don't worry!
Whether it's good or bad, it'll change.
Quit taking life so seriously!
REALLY!
"It ain't nothin 'but a THANG!"
Those sage words were spoken often in the Hellish Sweat Shop I worked in throughout High School. We were a band of young guys who manned the Textbook Distribution Warehouse for all of the schools in the State of Tennessee in the late 70s (Tennessee Book Company - Later Evolved into Ingram Book).
We were in a relatively small metal building with no air conditioning other than a few exhaust fans.
The job was only during the summer months . . . We would receive pallets of books from a steady stream of semis coming from the publishers . . . Take them to their assigned spots with a fork lift and then pull heavy metal flat-bed carts all day "pulling orders" ... for schools . . . and we would load these assembled orders into whatever vehicle the schools would send to get'm . . . Often it would mean loading one 50 pound box at a time through the Fire Escape of a bus.
The heat was hardly bearable - Breaks were rare - and the pay was minimum wage.
Sounds like one of those "Grandpa Stories" doesn't it?
Didn't EVERYONE's Grandparents have to walk to school BAREFOOT 3 miles in the snow up hill BOTH ways?
The cool thing about this job was that it could have been miserable, but it WASN'T.
The culture in that place was set by the words "It Ain't nothin' But a THANG!"
followed by "No one will care anyhow 10 years from now"
There was lots of singing - Tasteless jokes - and ceaseless "ribbing" . . . We especially liked taunting the office staff when they dared entering our "jungle" . . . We were a veritable aboriginal tribe.
We had our own language.
We also had plenty of reasons to be grouchy and there were times when tempers would flare . . . until the golden words were spoken: "It ain't nothin' but a THANG!"
That was sure to end any dispute.
I grew to love those guys and that job . . .
and now (30 years later), I am SO appreciative of the life-long lesson I learned there other than the feeling of satisfaction of accomplishment and a job well done.
I learned the art of living gracefully and treating folks with respect just as I learned that "It ain't Nothin'but a THANG!"
So . . .
Next time you think life isn't fair and/or you get all riled up with the idiocy that can emerge in a deal, put it all in proper perspective.
It ain't nothin' but a THANG and no-one willcare 10 years from now anyhow!"
I SWARE!
I'm just sayin'
Best,
b
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Barry Owen
Principal Real Estate Broker
Keller Williams Realty
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Nashville, TN 37215 - Green Hills
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