Doesn’t
every daughter at some point look up to their dad and want to be just like
him?
Being so very different from my dad it wasn’t something I had ever done.
Until at my dad’s funeral last year I realised we shared very similar work
values.
My dad was a bank manager at a time when bank customers knew the bank
manager’s name and they knew yours. He retired in the early 80s. Imagine my
surprise that 35+ years after that retirement some of his bank customers
attended his funeral.
“Your dad saved our farm” said one. “Your dad saved our
business” said the other.
How?
“He argued our case when the theory said we were
too risky”.
It would seem not paying attention to all those musts, oughts and
shoulds and, instead, listening to our inner wisdom and doing the right thing is
a family trait.
How do you want to be spoken of at your funeral?
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