Better
February 27, 2010
“I am not as good as I should be,
I am not as good as I could be,
But thank God I am better than I used to be.”
- Unknown
Tell a story
February 26, 2010
“A storyteller, like a travel agent, can help gather us up from wherever we are, and put us down in another setting.”
-Leggett
5 things
February 25, 2010
“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”
- Confucius
Burning desire
February 24, 2010
“There is no such thing as can’t, only won’t. If you’re qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can’t blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.”
- Jan Ashford
Just live
February 23, 2010
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
- Mark Twain
Shoot higher
February 22, 2010
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
- William Faulkner
My great-great grandfather
February 21, 2010
Source: Our Doughty Families by Preston Doughty, Corpus Christi, Texas. 1966-1969.
Andrew Caddell Doughty was born August 19, 1851, in DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, to James Murray Doughty and Emily Ann Rigby. James Murray Doughty was a son of Joseph Doughty and wife, Mary Caddell.
On May 28, 1873, Doughty married Isabelle Adeline Moses at Rockport, Aransas Co., Texas.
Doughty died at Kingsville, Texas on December 5, 1929 [see obituary below].
“Called first ‘Little Mac’, probably because of his constant presence, as a small boy, with a workman named Mack, Andrew Caddell Doughty was a cattle rancher, sometimes in association with his father or the King Ranch, throughout South Texas. Periods of activity were at San Diego, Goliad and Rockport, before his retirement as an employee, in Kingsville, of Kingsville Lumber Company. Tall and slender, and stern of face, he was a highly regarded man at all times.
“Isabel survived him for many years, continuing to live in Kingsville as long as her health permitted. Her final years were spent in the home of her daughter, Idabelle (Mrs. Warren) Downing, in Corpus Christi.
Children of Andrew Caddell Doughty and his wife, Isabel, were Lillian Edna, Walter Moses, Emile Perry, James Gravis, William David, Annie, Andrew Caddell, Jr., and Ida Belle.
Charlie
February 21, 2010
Two And A Half Men is my favorite sitcom, although Jake is getting way too old. They’ll have to rename it Three Men or better yet, Two Men And A… America’s JIM
Cleaning lady
February 20, 2010
I’ve received the e-mail below several times and today I decided to pass it on. I used to help my step-dad clean office buildings, fortunately we were alone because if we would have had people around they would have certainly learned my name. I also know my maternal grandfather use to clean a news station in Midland, thanks to him I can now work in a T.V. newsroom. Finally, I remember one cleaning man in San Angelo who was a big deal around Christmas because he was the best Santa Claus around. My point: I love this e-mail. JMD
Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady.
During my second month of college, our professor
Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
And had breezed through the questions until I read
The last one:
“What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
Cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
Dark-haired and in her 50′s, but how would I know her name?
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
Blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
The last question would count toward our quiz grade.
“Absolutely, ” said the professor. “In your careers,
You will meet many people. All are significant.. They
Deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
Is smile and say “hello.”
I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her
Name was Dorothy
You can
February 19, 2010
“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.”
- William Arthur Ward
