Workin’ in the Coal Mine: A Labor Day Celebration
You know by now, most holidays – for me – relate to some song or the other. This coming Labor Day is no exception. Â
You know by now, most holidays – for me – relate to some song or the other. This coming Labor Day is no exception. Â
James Taylor said it all when he sang “You’ve Got a Friend†back in the early 1970s. It is a lucky person indeed that finds a good friend or two along the way. Hard times are always just a little bit better if there is a friend nearby.Â
No matter who it is, man or beast, when a friend dies you lose a little bit of you.
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At the end of the day I often stop to ask myself what or who has inspired me that day. Â I most often find myself attached to one or more experiences that touched me in some way during those 24 hours. Â Â
Have you seen the movie, Mama Mia? If not, you should…particularly if you are part of the baby boomers generation.
I’ve seen the movie three times now. Â
So I’m up at 4 a.m. getting ready for a quick trip to a small town in the Shannandoah Valley in Virginia. I have to be there this afternoon to set up for a workshop I am presenting all day tomorrow. Just like Willie Nelson I find myself “on the road again.”