Individuality

So I just read and posted this quote on Facebook: “You are remembered for the rules you break.”-
Douglas MacArthur.

Well I just had to say that I so agree with this quote.  You should live your life coloring outside the lines.  Finding new and better ways to do things.  Don’t just take someones word that “that’s the way it’s always been done”… well so what… that doesn’t make it the only way it can be done.  Adapt, change, grow, or become extinct.  And stay open-minded to others that are breaking the rules and coloring outside the lines… Do you think all the great leaders, inventors, artist and writers were following someone else’s rules when they became what we remember them for today?….

I am not a clone… you are not a clone.  Let’s rock our individuality and break the rules and color the whole damn place any color we like.

Book review: Pencils Make Good Darts by Dan Balman

 

 

This book is a collection of 19 non-fiction short stories. It is a very quick read, only a little over 100 pages in length. There are only a few of these stories worth mentioning: Whale met again, Hairs the problem, and Staring at the sun. These first two stories of the book were hilarious, middle-aged humor, that had me hoping the whole book would be more of the same but unfortunately these, in my opinion are the best stories and the others are a bit lacking.  Whale met again is about the authors battle with the septic tank and it brought tears to my eyes it was so funny. Staring at the sun, while not in the same category as these first two, was still a very enjoyable story about raising an adolescent girl.

This e-book was free from Amazon.  I would be interested in reading something else from this author.