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LEGACY OF WORDS
I came across this photo of my daughter and I recently of when she was a youngster. I was obviously a little younger myself. It made me stop to think about what is really important for our children and those we leave behind when we are gone. Sure we can leave money, but that will eventually be spent. We can leave a car or a home, but those will eventually have to be replaced or repaired. We can leave expensive paintings, jewelry, gold, silver, stocks and bonds, or maybe even some oil wells. Those are all certainly nice material things to leave if we are fortunate enough to have accumulated them in some way and can leave them behind for others to enjoy.
What is more important than all of that is to leave them your life and what they meant to you in the form of words. Leave them a legacy of words that won’t decay or ever go away. You can write them a book, or letters, or even leave behind the blogs you have done. We all have been given a gift like no other people who came before us with the blog and the internet. The words that we shape and form into sentences have the capability of transforming and changing lives across the world in some way every single day. Not just for a day, but for every single day that they remain on the internet. They travel across the oceans and continents forever and find a resting place in someone’s heart and mind. Think about the power your very words have and the legacy you leave others every day! You can be a difference maker, a world changer, and a legacy leaver with your positive, uplifting, life-changing words every single day. You can share your life experiences and help someone every day. Leaving your legacy in words is so much more important and valuable than leaving your legacy in things!
Some of the most important life-changing tools we have been given to use wisely are paper, pencil, and the internet. Make a difference forever in the lives of others by using them to the best of your ability today.
MANHOLE ANSWER
MANHOLE COVER
So here is the answer to the question
WHY ARE SANITARY AND STORM SEWER MANHOLES ROUND?
ANSWER – Because round is the only standard shape that will not fall in on itself. A square shape, or rectangle, or typical triangle, can be turned so that it will fall into the hole. A round sewer cover will not! They are also easier to make.
BONDING YOUR WORDS
Some people call this building the “keyhole building” since it has a six story opening near the top that kind of looks like a keyhole. This is actually a 55 story tower located in Dallas, Texas know as the JP Morgan Chase Tower. It is 738 feet tall and was developed by Trammell Crow Company in 1987.
At one time Trammell Crow Company was the largest private developer in the nation. Trammell Crow was responsible for the development of the five million square foot Dallas Market Center, Ebarcadero Center in San Francisco, and the Chase Tower in Dallas. I had the good fortune of working for Mr. Crow in Houston as a Construction Manager back in the 1980’s. Trammell Crow Company in Houston was responsible for developing more than twenty million square feet of buildings.
The very first building that Trammell Crow developed was a warehouse in 1948. Trammell leased the majority of the building to Ray-O-Vac Battery Company and the remainder to Decca Records. At a company meeting one year in Dallas, Trammell conveyed the story of his first building and the relationship he had with his general contractor.
“When I built my first building in Dallas I didn’t have any plans to speak of. All I did was draw on the back of an envelope the dimensions and shape of the warehouse building that I wanted my contractor to build. I paced it off in the field that day and marked where I thought each corner should go on the lot. After that we agreed on a price. We looked each other in the eyes and shook hands. We had no paper contracts. Our handshake was our contract and our word was our bond. The construction went remarkably well. Could you do that today? The answer is most likely not since we live in such a litigious society now. Everyone is trying to take advantage of each other and are more interested in their own interests. The contracting business is a hard business and I believe we should pay a fair price for what they do.”
As you can see things were a bit different back in 1948. Honoring your word is still the best bond we could ever hope to have. I suppose though that we have drifted so far in society that we need lawyers to keep us in check when our handshakes don’t.
Tony A. Smith 