Inspiration

"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses."

- Plato

When a customer left his cell phone in my store, I scrolled through his saved numbers, stopped at "Mom" and pushed send.

His mother answered, and I told her what happened.

"Don't worry," she said, "I'll take care of it."

A few minutes later, the cell phone rang. It was "Mom."

"Martin," she said, "you left your cell phone at the convenience store."

It's forty below zero one winter night in Alaska. Pat is drinking at his local saloon and the bartender says to him, "You owe me quite a bit on your tab."

"Sorry," says Pat, "I'm flat broke this week."

"That's okay," says the bartender. "I'll just write your name and the amount you owe me right here on the wall."

"But," says Pat, "I don't want any of my friends to see that."

"They won't," says the bartender. "I'll just hang your parka over it until it's paid."

A man went to a monastery for a retreat. The monk who showed him to his room said this,

“If you need anything, let us know and we’ll teach you how to live without it.”