Leadership Thought: A Follow Up to Yesterday's Leadership Thought

Dear Friends,

I am heading to California today to visit my daughter and her family, and I will be away for the next week.

Before I left, I wanted to thank those of you dog lovers who responded to yesterday's Leadership Thought. I appreciated your comments.

I thought you would appreciate the message below from one of my readers.

On a final note, I was able to watch the Rumson Fair Haven football game (all my kid attended RFH), and I was so happy that after being runners' up the last two years for the state championship, they finally came out victorious yesterday completing a perfect 12-0 season. Congratulations to all you Bulldog fans.

My friend Rich writes:

"If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can get going without pep pills,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can ignore a friend’s limited education and never correct him,
If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
If you can say honestly that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against any creed, color, religion or politics,
Then, my friend,
you are ALMOST as good as your dog.”

Well said Rich, and thanks for reminding us of how close we are to being almost as good as our dogs!

Yours in faith and friendship,

Tom