The following is from a Facebook post by one of my University of Texas Chemical Engineering classmates, Roger Sowell, who is now a practicing lawyer in California. Love all of his FB posts but this one, in particular, really made me proud. It was in response to Harvey’s impact on Houston. Roger gave me permission …
Your wife adds “…and give me the short version” to the end of any question about how something works
You know that there are 10 kinds of people, those who know binary and those who don’t
Prior to buying your girlfriend an engagement ring, you confirm the correct ring size by secretly measuring one of her other rings, with a set of calipers
You like repairing things more than actually using them
You’re driving in a small town in Germany and don’t get lost
You can picture the location of an element on the periodical chart
You tell jokes that are met with stares unless the audience has had classes in multivariate calculus and particle physics
You’re never wrong and can back it up with facts
Prior to buying your girlfriend an engagement ring, you confirm the correct ring size by secretly measuring one of her other rings, with a set of calipers
You still have your original Erector Set in its little red metal suitcase (even if some parts are missing)
Anything by Sean Stephenson is great! He always reminds me that I have no excuses. Here is one example.
A little bit of reckless abandon is a good thing.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Don’t be afraid to take a big step…You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
The glory of God is man fully alive.
The best work is not what is most difficult for you…It is what you do best.
Keep the faith. The most amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment you’re about to give up hope.
You can fail at what you DON’T want [to be doing], so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.