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http://www.crucialskills.com/2014/03/kerrying-on-independunce/
     
Kerrying On
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kerry Patterson
Kerry Patterson is coauthor of four New York Times bestsellers, Change Anything, Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, and Influencer.
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In January 1965, after living their entire lives in soggy Western Washington, my mom and dad packed up their belongings and moved to sunny Arizona. After enjoying the dry climate for several months, Mom wrote a letter to her father inviting him to close up the "mom and pop" store that he operated thirteen-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week and come live with them in Tempe.

"We have a room set aside for you," Mom explained. "And there's a beautiful park nearby filled with men playing checkers and chess. I'm sure you'd love it here. Please come live with us."

"It sounds wonderful," Grandpa replied in a return letter. "It's tempting to move to a place where it doesn't rain most of the time, but I'm afraid I'll have to decline. You know how hard it is for a man of my age to find work."

Grandpa was eighty-five years old when he penned that response and he meant every word of it. He couldn't conceive of not having a job and he certainly couldn't imagine relying on others. He'd always been self-reliant. Orphaned at a young age, Grandpa was taken in by a relative who didn't like him very much and, to remove any doubt on the matter, beat him regularly.

One day when Grandpa was ten, his schoolteacher began brutally spanking a small child in his class?there was a lot of that going on. This continued until Grandpa could take it no longer?he pummeled the teacher until the fellow fled the classroom.

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"So, here's to taking the dunce out of independence."
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Sharon