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way in this world quite well thank-you very much and the
ones who did not get any true support found their way
extremely difficult. Many of them are not even alive today.

It's Not So Much What You Do, It's How You Do I t

When I was very young and someone asked me what I
wanted to be when I grew up, I would always say a garbage
man. I still remember the laughs that would generate. The
reason, and I still remember to this day, was that they got to
drive big trucks around and more importantly, you got to
hang off the back of the trucks while they were driving! To
a four-year-old, what could be more fun?

Later in life I noticed that these men were often disparaged
by people looking to feel a little better about themselves by
putting someone down. This made me feel terrible and I
asked myself who is the better person, some unethical
corporate raider who made his living by disrupting business
for huge money and personal notoriety, or a humble guy
supporting his family performing a simple but essential
public service? I think you can guess the answer that I
came up with.

The simple fact is that if your job, no matter how menial it
may considered by some, provides value and to the
community then it is completely valid and important. And
whatever it may be, garbage man or otherwise, I'm sure that
there are ways to do a poor job of it, and then there are
ways to do it with pride, conscientiousness, dignity, and
good spirit. No one should be ashamed of what they do, if
they do it in a responsible, dignified manner, and no one
should disparage them for it. One of the beautiful things
about this world is that there seems to be a place for
everyone in it, if we do the hard work to discover who we
are and we are supposed to be doing here.

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