Well, some 60 odd years ago during summer vacation I was sitting on the back porch with my grandmother. I said to her, no doubt like every kid has ,that I was bored.
Now granny was a product of the toughest slum in Europe, the notorious Gorbals of Glasgow, Scotland and though she was a loving woman, it was strickly of the "tough love" variety.
One tough cookie , who could curdle milk at a hundred yards
with one glance. And did !
She fixed those blue eyes that could bore a hole through you skull and said one sentence that has stayed with me all my days, more so than any advice I've ever received from anyone.
She said, , "If you're bored its because you are boring".
She only completed 3rd grade but Gran was no dummy.
Now granny was a product of the toughest slum in Europe, the notorious Gorbals of Glasgow, Scotland and though she was a loving woman, it was strickly of the "tough love" variety.
One tough cookie , who could curdle milk at a hundred yards
with one glance. And did !
She fixed those blue eyes that could bore a hole through you skull and said one sentence that has stayed with me all my days, more so than any advice I've ever received from anyone.
She said, , "If you're bored its because you are boring".
She only completed 3rd grade but Gran was no dummy.