I am sad at the way young people speak & act today because they don't have good role models. Let's show them their potential!

A neighborhood kid offered to cut our grass, which I'm normally completely against (not for them trying to work, but I'm just super picky about my yard) but I was sick for a couple of weeks and the grass got high, so my wife let him do it without telling me. At first I wasn't real happy about it, but not only did he do a phenomenal job, he came and knocked on the door when finished and asked for a broom and a rake. Wife asks "why?" and he says he wanted to clean up the side walk and driveway for us to clear off the trimmings. He did all that, bagged up all the grass, sticks, and leaves, came back to the door and says "may I use your phone to call my mom to come pick me up?". We were floored, I mean what kid has that sense of accountability, responsibility, and manners?! And he only wanted to charge $10, completely blew us away. I gave him $30 and he became my instant yard guy. Pretty sad, they have since moved away but I still call him sometimes to come help out if I have a big job and no time to do it. His parents raised him right for sure.

Wow. What a responsible young man.

My father's boss in Florida before we moved to New England was a very rich man. He owned a block of downtown Dallas before his passing. I'll never forget him saying he would give it all away to find a wife that loved him for him. (He was divorcing his latest wife at the time)

So I'm missing where a youth inspired you. Was your dad's boss a teen? Or perhaps you were just offering words of wisdom for our youth?

OR whom you know personally, I knew him personally.

Ah, may have been the way I phrased it. A youth in history or a youth you know personally. That's ok. I'm sure someone will benefit from your story.

Who's the girl?

Joan of Arc and Ruby Bridges. :)

Ah

There's a great book (made into a movie by Netflix) titled "The boy who harnassed the wind"

Am I a disappointment as well?Ah....well....

Anyways, id probably say my step-dad....I dont know my real dad, but my step dad came in and raised me like he was my real dad, and his family did too...I dont remember this, but my mom said when I went to see my grandparents from his side, I walked up to my grandpa like,"Umm...H-hello sir..." and her looked me dad in the eyes and said, "Call me grandpa."From them I learned lots of things, but most of all:

1. Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

2. Be kind to everyone, because we're all human.Even if we're different, we still are all people

3. You can be as great as you hope to be

4. Dont fight others, but if someone hits you, hit them back

5. Sometimes you might be scared to do something, and thats okay.

6. Just because your kind, that dosnt mean your weak.

7. If you dont know if somethings the right thing to do, if you keep asking yourself 'what if?' that
probably means something is bad.

8. Love yourself first, then love other people.

9. Make sure your okay first, then help other people.

10. Defend you friends

11. Dont expect awards/rewards. You should be kind for the sake of being kind, not because you want something.