Rats Country: Just Don't Stay a Dabbler...

"...Dabble for discovery...commit for mastery."

       StevePavlina.com  Personal Development Insights Newsletter 9/21/11

Rats Country: The Mad Housewife

Yesterday I cleaned behind the couch and under the bed, places where no one looks.  How do you tell a virtue from a neurosis?

Rats Country: Some days...

Some days you walk the length of the fallen log, finding your balance, not allowing yourself to feel the pull of the rocks nor hear the violent sound of rushing water.

Rat's Country: Funeral Fee

You go to a funeral to pay your respect.  That is the entrance fee.

Rat's Country: You Have to Be from These Parts to Get It...

"What did your father do to make a living while you were growing up in Elko?" I asked him.

"Around here, what is the most hated profession you can think of?" he replied.

I thought for a moment and said, "Work for the BLM."

"Wow!" he exclaimed.  "You got it on the first try."

Rat's Country: What Would Rover Do?

I'd like to shake off my petty annoyances the way a labrador retriever shakes off water.

Rat's Country: What I Can't Fix

I can't change your table mate,
the one whose teeth fall out on her plate
or the way your dinner
smells like death and ketchup.