by Bary Fleet | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Who You Were I recently attended an event at Bryant University and was having lunch with an assortment of people. What we all had in common was a relationship with Bryant. As the conversation progressed two of them realized that they were both Bryant Alumnae from...
by Bary Fleet | Jul 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
She was five, waiting outside for the bus to come take her to kindergarten. “Mom, do you smell that?” “What do you smell?” her mother replied. “Just an ordinary, awesome day!” she said. Just an ordinary, awesome day! How often do YOU smell that? Contrast that with...
by Bary Fleet | Jul 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
I guess it got lost along the way, but I used to have a sign above my desk – a quote supposedly by Mark Twain – that said: “If you have a frog to swallow, don’t look at it too long; and, if you have more than one frog to swallow, swallow the biggest one first!”...
by Bary Fleet | Jun 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” According to Wikipedia, those are the words of Edward Everett Hale, an American author, historian...
by Bary Fleet | Apr 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was in seminary, I was the Youth Minister for a church a couple of hours away from the campus. One of the couples in the congregation provided housing and meals for me each weekend. John was a machinist for R.J. Reynolds and Rachel was an inspector at the...
by Bary Fleet | Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
About a month ago, we scheduled an appointment with our CPA to get our taxes filed. As part of the process, I – like all of us, I suspect – systematically go through our checkbooks and credit card statements to find any tax-deductible expenses. When I was an...
