10xBen

“If you only listen to what others say, you’ll never hear yourself think,”
― John David Anderson, Posted: A Story About Bullying, Friendship, and Social Media

“Sometimes answers come at unexpected times, in unexpected ways and unexpected places.”
― Rob Buyea, Mr. Terupt Falls Again

“But the thing that’s wrong with Danny is more like, he wants friends but doesn’t know how to navigate that, and he doesn’t handle his own feelings particularly well, and so everybody finds him annoying.”
― Rachel Vail, Bad Best Friend

“THE GUY IN THE GLASS —DALE WIMBROW When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, And the world makes you King for a day, Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that guy has to say. For it isn’t your Father, or Mother or Wife, Whose judgement upon you must pass; The feller whose verdict counts most in your life, Is the guy staring back from the glass. He’s the feller to please, never mind all the rest, For he’s with you clear up to the end, And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test, If the guy in the glass is your friend. You may be like Jack Horner and “chisel” a plum, And think you’re a wonderful guy; But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum If you can’t look him straight in the eye. You may fool the whole world down your pathway of years, And get pats on the back as you pass, But your final reward will be heartache and tears If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass.”
― Rob Buyea, The Perfect Score