Some people actually survive into their seventies without ever learning one of the

[Atticus]

most important lessons of childhood: "It's not all about you, you, you!"

Thank you, Mom and Dad.

[volstork]

1. Thank you for

the reminder, Atticus. My brother and I had good parents, too.

[Atticus]

3. "My brother and I had good parents, too." It shows, my friend. It shows. nt

[volstork]

8. Just this:

[Caliman73]

2. Only if they inherit a bunch of money from daddy.

Had they actually had to survive on their own talent, without the aide of hundreds of millions of dollars, they would likely be dead or in prison by now.

[malaise]

4. True but our high school motto

was Serviam so that also helped.

[mercuryblues]

5. We also thank your Mom & Dad

me on the other hand....

One of my kids is starting to get serious in a relationship. I just found out her uncle owns a craft beer brewery. I told her she couldn't have found a more perfect family for me.

Yes, Mom. It's all about you.

[KT2000]

6. Yes - and that describes

the great divide in this country.

[llmart]

7. There are a lot of lessons I look back on from that era.

Parents and teachers were all about teaching life lessons. Many of the stories that were read were fables that the teachers would ask students, "What is the moral of the story." As hokey as that may sound, so many of those lessons stayed with me and served me well in my almost 71 years on this planet.

I may get criticized for this, but in light of this pandemic, I can't help but think of my mother who always told us "cleanliness is next to godliness". We weren't even religious! Now when I look around at the public I can't believe how sloppy and uncleanly so many are. I don't eat out very much, but I have noticed so many restaurants that people frequent are filthy in my estimation. The waitstaff wipe off the table with a dirty rag that they use on every table, and that's if they even wipe the table at all. Then there is so much food on the floor under the tables or booths and it's pretty disgusting to me. Don't get me started on the bathrooms in public places. I'd rather hold it.

Got off on a tangent there, but I can't even remember the number of times we were told we weren't any better than anyone else, so don't look down your nose at anyone else. There were seven children in my family and I was the fifth, so you can believe me when I say I learned that lesson very early on that not much of anything was all about me.