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Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo
Originally published on June 29, 2009
In This Issue
o I Just Want To Celebrate
o Say Something Good
o Points To Ponder
o A Little Humor
o Quote of the Week
I Just Want To Celebrate Another Decade Of Living
On July 5th I will be celebrating my 80th birthday with my family in Battle Creek, Michigan. The big Eight Oh! I gave myself an early present, which is the publication of my new 324-page novel titled The Old Man and the CD. It is a story about this old coot who thinks he has everything but discovers that there is one thing that he wants that he does not have and that is a Hit Song. He joins the blind friend and together they put together The Double A Band and set out in search of a hit song. Like the character in Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, he encounters many sharks and other challenges. This entertaining book comes with a CD of many of the songs that my friend and I created. Some of these are weird love songs such as, If I loved you anymore, you’d be my dog. You’re the most pathetic person that I have ever met. I never slept alone ’til I got married. There are blues numbers, warm love songs, a song celebrating America and much more. We will make it available on my return from Michigan.
Say Something Good
July 4th. I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, Yankee Doodle Do Or Die. A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, born on the fourth of July. That is a lyric from a great song by George H. Cohen, the famous Broadway star of a century ago. It might be stretching it but I feel like a Yankee Doodle Dandy too and I was born on the fifth of July 1929. I have seen a lot of America since then, all of our fifty states, many a number of times, and I never cease to stand in awe at the beauty of America. I pray that there will be peace again in this world. May God continue to bless America and keep our troops from harm.
Points To Ponder
When I was young, I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw
A Little Humor
Some folks just don’t believe in safety rules, but then they don’t stick around too long.
Quote of the Week
Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made nothing happens. Wilfred A. Peterson
Recommended Reading
The Platinum Rule by Art Fettig
The Age Old Secret to Happiness and Prosperity. If you believe in the Golden Rule then, just maybe, you are one of those fortunate few who are ready to take a giant step forwaqrd in your lives to fame, fortune and a great new plateau of personal satisfaction.
Art Fettig has identified a little known key to wealth and happiness in his book The Platinum rule. I hope that millions of people discover this little book and apply this giving formula. Trul their lives will be enriched and certainly this will be a better world.” – The Wickman Formula, Executive Press 1991
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