My day today

This is what has happened today.

1. I had an eye doctor's appointment today (I was there for two hours...). While in the waiting room, I watched President Bush was answering questions about different topics that the press were asking him about, everything from the war on terror to the problems with social security. There was about 5 senior adults in the waiting room with me. After everything that Bush said, they bashed him. They criticized his word, calling him a liar, saying that Bush didn't care about the troops, and also saying that they didn't believe a thing that he said anymore.

2. Afterward, I proceeded into the second waiting room (fun fun). I picked up a Motor Trend magazine, where, screaming on the cover, was a picture of the new Camaro. Yay!

3. In that second waiting room, I was able to talk with an elderly couple. In our discussion, I discovered that they had lived in my home town of Columbia for the last forty years. In fact, he told me that he delivered the pipes to the land that would soon become the Saturn Production Plant in Spring Hill, where my father has worked for the last 17 years.

This is what I learned from what has happened today.

1. Trust comes with with integrity. We may not always know what is going on with those in authority. I don't know why it is that Bush does what he does. But I know his character, and I know that he is a man of integrity. Because of that, I trust him, not because of what he does but becasue of who he is.

2. Old things are not necessarily a bad thing. When GM designed the Camaro, they looked at older Camaros and designed the new one based off of the older designs. They used the old to create the new. Sometimes we dismiss the old becasue we think we know better. But we always need to have a keen awareness of history. Just becasue it's new doesn't mean it's good.

3. The little things matter. The man that I met delivered plastic pipes to the place my father now works. He took part in something that I now reap the benefits of. I'm sure that delivering plastic pipes didn't seem like anythign that was too crucial at the time, but I'm sure those pipes are crucial to what happens at Saturn.

Anyways, this is just my two cents. Take them or leave them.