WUN FEATHER -- Peter opened my eyes. It was then that I realized that surviving, and being successful, were not mutually exclusive to each other
When I was a young fellow, my parents were too poor to help me finance my education, so I worked my butt off. I did whatever I could to make money. Whenever classes were not in session, I was working for wages. One particular Spring Break, I went to work at a mine. I had gotten to know one of the mining engineers, who had a nice new truck, and a pretty wife and a new house. Wow. I liked his lifestyle, and knew that he must know something that I did not know about getting ahead. His life was so much better than mine. I would make every attempt to "accidentally" run into him at one of the few businesses that were in the small mining town. I wanted to learn from him. One day I saw him at the post office and said ..." Hi Peter ... fancy meeting you here !" He laughed because the town was so small. Everyone ended up at the post office at least once a day. He smiled and he asked me how I was doing. Because I was raised to be humble, I t...