Perpetual Adoration

A Retired Nun Challenges My Manhood

Harry — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:35:01 +0000

Last Monday I received a telephone call from a retired nun who reads my articles every week. I’ve known this particular nun for over 20 years. Even though she’s “retired,” she works harder than most people who are half her age. She’s a very holy and humble woman who cares greatly about the Catholic Church and the current state of humanity.

She told me she had read last week’s article, A Punk Kid & The Student [...] Read More »

A Punk Kid & The Student Teacher

Harry — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:31:43 +0000

When I graduated from a Catholic grade school in 1971, I was determined to never look back. I got off to a bad start in first grade and every year after that got worse. I was more than ready to move on. I looked forward to starting high school with a blank slate and an entire new group of teachers who had never heard of me.

I was actually excited on the evening my dad drove [...] Read More »

Rebellion & Ruination

Harry — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:27:47 +0000

Imagine you’re 20 years old and you recently had to drop out of college because you ran out of money. Until a couple of months ago, your parents were providing you with financial assistance, but that ended when the company your dad was working for closed down and laid off all of its employees.

You’re the “baby” of the family. You have 2 older brothers and 2 older sisters. One of your brothers lost his job [...] Read More »

A Resolution To Commit Suicide?

Harry — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:25:23 +0000

During the 1980s and 1990s, I had the great fortune of working with Herman Heilman, a commercial and industrial real estate appraiser. I was introduced to Herman by my Uncle Tony Couri. Herman and Uncle Tony were good friends who went back a long way – Herman was born in 1904, and Uncle Tony was born in 1912.

Prior to introducing me to Herman, Uncle Tony told me that Herman was one of the few businessmen [...] Read More »

A Dilbert Resolution

Harry — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:15:18 +0000

In last week’s article, Habit Gravity & Escape Velocity, I told you about a New Year’s resolution I imposed upon one of my teenage daughters last year. The resolution was for her to make her bed every morning immediately after waking up. In the article, I provided one of the primary reasons most people don’t keep their resolutions – they fail to develop the new habits that are necessary to follow through on the resolutions. [...] Read More »

Habit Gravity & Escape Velocity

Harry — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:18:20 +0000

Georgette and I still have three daughters living at home with us – Mary (20), Christine (17), and Teresa (15). Although Georgette has asked all three of the girls to make their beds every morning, only one has consistently complied with her request. The other two daughters have expressed various reasons (excuses) as to why they can’t seem get the job done every day, such as, “I don’t have the time” or “I keep forgetting.”

On [...] Read More »

The Divine Apology

Harry — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:15:09 +0000

I grew up in the country in a family neighborhood that included seven families. My grandparents lived next door to my parents, and all of the other families in the neighborhood were made up of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. One of the uncles was my dad’s brother, Bill Williams. His house was located next to a wooded area where he would sometimes hunt for rabbits and quail. Uncle Bill loved hunting so much, he [...] Read More »

I Owe You What?

Harry — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:48:37 +0000

Two weeks ago in my article, The Wrong Way To Apologize, I gave you four examples of apologies that, in my opinion, were not genuine apologies. In last week’s article, A Genuine Apology, I told you about a recent experience I had where I ended up apologizing to a hotel clerk for the way I treated her after she was not able to fulfill a commitment that was made to me by another employee of [...] Read More »

A Genuine Apology

Harry — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:03:40 +0000

Last Month I went to Atlanta, Georgia, for a four day conference. I took a direct flight from the airport in Bloomington (Central Illinois Regional Airport) to the airport in Atlanta (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport). The flight was scheduled to depart at 6:40 p.m., but was delayed for over ninety minutes. In addition to the long delay, when I arrived in Atlanta, I had to set my watch ahead an hour because of the time [...] Read More »

The Wrong Way To Apologize

Harry — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:26:55 +0000

If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you may have noticed that I have a little bit of an anger problem. Although I’m optimistic by nature and work hard at staying positive, there are certain situations that irritate me and cause me to automatically respond in a hostile way. Two such situations are: (1) when a person who should be listening to me doesn’t listen; and (2) when a person doesn’t do what [...] Read More »