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Taking Inventory
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When charity was a virtue, not a
telethon.
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When lights
--
not people
--
were
turned on and off.
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When instant recall was a sign of good
intelligence, not bad manufacturing.
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When trouble in the streets meant
potholes.
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When movies were rated on how good
they were, not on who was allowed to
see them.
So you didn't make it to the "top of the heap"
in this life? Be ye grateful and
"BE THE BEST
OF WHATEVER YOU ARE,"
says Douglas
Malloch:
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley -- but be
The best little scrub by the side of the hill;
Be a bush ifyou can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush, be a bit of grass,
And some highway -happier make;
If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass -–
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here;
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.
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