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Timeless Advice for Men – Valentine’s Day

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I know this post has nothing to do with underwriting but I had to reprint the following email from my local wine shop.  Enjoy!
If you are a guy, you are about to confront one of the most treacherous times of the year: The Valentine Weekend, also known as the Realm of Unknown Expectations.
Each year at this time many of you guys make serious mistakes, some so serious as to cause Temporary Unexpected Relationship Disabilities such as the Deafening Silence. Don’t let this happen to you this year.  Here are a few guidelines to help you avoid these sad consequences. Do NOT under any circumstances do any of the following:

1)  Your sweetie has been wanting to get in shape for her upcoming most dreaded time of the year, swimsuit season.  To be supportive, your idea is to give her the latest workout video wrapped up in the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue for motivation.

2) Your honey works hard. You want to make her life easier and also show her that you care. Your idea is to give her an iRobot Roomba with a big pink bow.

3) Your sugarbear has said she is concerned about the extra weight she gained over the Holidays, so you think it would be a thoughtful idea to buy her a brand new Digital Scale.

Guys, do you remember the scene in the film Aliens (the first one) when Sigourney Weaver has initiated the self-destruct sequence? Do you remember the crazy sound of the alarm horns going off to warn her of imminent demise? Those are the same sounds that you should be hearing if you are seriously considering ANY of the above gifts.

This is deceptively simple, really.  Take the time to buy her a thoughtful card, one that doesn’t refer to body parts or processes. If she loves chocolate, stop by Gourmet Gallery and buy some of their amazingly good truffles.

Then come to Edmond Wine Shop, and we will help you pick out the perfect wine, spirit or beer to make Valentine’s Day memorable for you both.  Memorable in a good way, that is.

Anne Lamott – Time Lost and Found

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Finding time – Sunset.

 

I sometimes teach classes on writing, during which I tell my students every single thing I know about the craft and habit. This takes approximately 45 minutes. I begin with my core belief—and the foundation of almost all wisdom traditions—that there is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder. But the good news is that creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.

Then I bring up the bad news: You have to make time to do this.

This means you have to grasp that your manic forms of connectivity—cell phone, email, text, Twitter—steal most chances of lasting connection or amazement. That multitasking can argue a wasted life. That a close friendship is worth more than material success.