Appreciate Your Elders

I had one of those uncles that I wondered, at times, if he was my mothers twin. Every time he'd come over, he'd have some odd saying for us. One that I didn't "get" until I started anything (relationships, career, friendship, fights, school, weight loss, anything) was only cowards give up and quit. Uncle Rod, the chemist, filled our heads with useful sayings as children I find myself using now, throughout my adulthood.