"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for." William Shedd

Monday, June 23, 2008

What Are YOU Going to Do With Your Dash?

Last week, driving in to work, I heard a very good story on the radio that I've just got to share. I'm not the world's best story teller, so be patient with me. . .

A man told about how, as a young man, his father had taken him to his grandfather's grave site. His father told him to look at the headstone and tell him what the most important thing on the stone was. The man looked at the stone and saw his grandfather's name, date of birth, and date of death. Finally, he gave up and told his father he didn't know. His father pointed to the dash in between the date of birth and date of death. The father told the young man that that was the most important thing on the head stone, the dash. And then the father asked him 'What are you going to do with YOUR dash?'

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