Saturday, March 10, 2007

Bon Jour to "Old School" Courtesy

Rowan Manahan, whose blog Fortify Your Oasis is essential reading, has hit a grand slam home run with this post on courtesy.


It is an always timely reminder of how the little things count and how we tend to remember them.


I'm putting together a weekly "People to Remember" list in my calendar in order to shame myself into acknowledging and remembering folks who deserve more attention. It's far too easy to get busy with projects and forget people.


Rowan's post nudged me into some notes and calls.

1 comment:

Rowan Manahan said...

Michael, thank you for your lovely words. An old friend of mine read the post and phone me over the wekend to remind me of what I said in my (very emotional) wedding speech:

"If I am a gentleman, it's because of my father and if I'm not, it's only my fault for not watching and listening to him."

Pop believed in small courtesies freely given and, 15 years after his death, people still tell me stories about his little gestures and kindlinesses.