So many of us lose track of the positive attributes we have, and that's a shame. We live in a world where good put-downs are a norm, and much of what we see around us leads to thoughts of gloom and doom. I got to thinking today about the person I like the least in this life, and I realized there are probably ten people out there thinking the same about me. While I recognize that other than William Shatner very few of us will ever be iconized, I know in my heart that people are good.

I earn my living as a teacher, mostly high school. The absolute best remark I ever heard about myself was said by a student to another student. They were in the hall and I was just exiting the library. One student said to the other, "Yeah, he can be a real pain, but he cared about me when no one else did and that's why I didn't drop out." I've been smiling about that for over ten years.

Freda Underhill said the things she liked about people on one of the threads and that got me to wondering what people like about themselves. Be as modest as you like, but please tell the rest of us about that one thing. That would be cool.