Reviewing Purpose

Stories.

Sometimes they're just stories.

Sometimes they can be used as reflective instruments focused inward.  They become helpful when analyzing our own lives, our own decisions, goals and direction.

This one now floats around the Internet.  I am guessing that it's fiction.  Actually, I'm hoping that it's fiction, but maybe not.  The lessons available will probably be unique to each of us. 


Author Unknown

*** On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur there was a once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with no thought for themselves, they went out day or night tirelessly searching for the lost.

Be The Bucket Brigade

I’ve decided it’s time to lose a few pounds.  Actually, I decided that a long time ago but I’m finally getting around to spending time on my feet attempting change.

There’s a mall not far from the office.  During lunch, I’ve been trying wander the hallways at a ‘brisk’ pace a few times per week.  Burning calories is the goal, but it's a sad place to be, actually.

I researched the mall's history.  Someone (actually many of them) spent a small fortune (This, a relative term as small doesn’t resonate with me.  Huge might be closer to truth) on this retail structure.

Efforts to create a scaled-down Mall of America never saw success.  Currently, with few exceptions, storefronts remain empty and boarded over.