A Tale of Two Customers

A Tale of Two Customers

A Tale of Two Customers “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu When in college, the idea occurred to me that, just for fun, I would like to make stained glass windows. Ok, the truth is there was a girl I was interested in who...
A Single Push-Up

A Single Push-Up

A Single Push-Up “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney My friend Lee Brower has a unique fitness goal. Every day, he puts on his gym shorts with a plan to do a single push-up, because he knows that if he does one push-up,...
A Subtle Influence

A Subtle Influence

A Subtle Influence “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop When I was a kid, my grandmother, Vera Hawley McMurrin, lived about a mile away from me. She was a whiz at math and English; as a young woman, she had been the bookkeeper...
A Short Story About the King

A Short Story About the King

A Short Story About the King “The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” Arnold Palmer The first person to win the Masters four times was Arnold Palmer. With ninety-two career victories, he is rightly...
A Man You Can Count On

A Man You Can Count On

A Man You Can Count On “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 12:31 When we were about eighteen, my cousin John and I went to Shaver Lake to go camping with a couple friends. One friend’s dad had a camper truck that served as our base for three days in a...
A Man of His Word

A Man of His Word

A Man of His Word “Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr. When I started in the insurance business, I knew nothing about insurance. But gradually, through the help and guidance of many...