IF MARK TWAIN SAID IT, IT MUST BE WORTH REPEATING

Even if the Your is misspelled on the plaque. So let's examine.

Dance like nobody's watching is good advice. Recently our grandson was showing us at breakfast how he struggled with the hula hoop on his aunt's Wii. He was standing near an open window and as he was gyrating I said,"Grant, there's a man looking in the window." There wasn't but he was quite embarrassed to think that a man or anyone not at the breakfast would be watching his actions.

Sing like you're all alone. I think that can best be exemplified by a singer at a 1996 NLCS game in St. Louis. Our son was just starting law school at Wash U in St. Louis when he and I attended the playoff game. Surprisingly we were seated near a couple of MTV friends. One was quite a singer. When a band played the National Anthem, Edward sang loudly from close to the field box seats. No one else sang, but there was much applause after his singing. It was very cool.

Love like you've never been hurt. Well, who hasn't loved? And who hasn't been hurt. Just like the Tin Man knew he had a heart because it was breaking when Dorothy was leaving, humanity has suffered loss of love in one form or another. Often times we must have short memories or we would never risk it again. But it's worth the risk, so we must.

Twain was smart. He had some great sayings. Except for the one about golf being a good walk spoiled. A good walk spoiled is when one is not playing golf.