Study hard, be smart.
Weigh the pros and cons of your decisions.
Stand on your own two feet.
Hard work is a key to success.
Dream big.
Love what you love with passion.
When you fall off a horse, get right back on.
Laugh a lot and often…
and you’ll come out on the other side just fine.
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4 replies on “Life Lessons from Dad”
Wow, what a great photograph, and so wistful. If photos are worth a thousand words, than 8 of them would be “he looks like he was a great guy.” And his philosophy is mine. Though I would add: wherever you go, bring a book.
He was a really great guy! You would have liked him! : )
Thanks Hank!
It is so weird, the math we use when it comes to our age and the ages of those we lost, and how the idea of “old” shifts. All my teachers seemed old in HS, yet likely all were younger than I am now.
It’s so true. I am Facebook friends now with a former teacher and he seems like a contemporary.