I work in a major US factory. We make refrigerators. Four thousand five hundred new refrigerators every day. It is a union shop and it’s gradually shrinking as many union blue collar factories seem to be but that is not what this story is about.
This story is about one man who works in that huge [...]

Wise men and philosophers throughout the ages have disagreed on many things, but many are in unanimous agreement on one point: “We become what we think about.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A man is what he thinks about all day long.” The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius put it this way: “A man’s life is what [...]

We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and said, “Hi there.”
He pounded his fat baby hands on the high-chair tray. His eyes were wide with excitement and his mouth was bared [...]

A businessman was highly critical of his competitor’s storefront windows. “Why, they are the dirtiest windows in town,” he claimed. Fellow business people grew tired of the man’s continual criticism and nitpicking comments about the windows. One day over coffee, the businessman carried the subject just too far.
Before leaving, a fellow store owner suggested the [...]

My tire had a staple in it. Of all times for this to happen…flat tire. But when is a good time for a flat tire? Not when you are wearing a suit and you have been traveling for nearly five hours and, adding to this bleak picture, nightfall is approaching. Wait: did I mention that [...]

By Bob Perks
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