One summer, before I got my "real" job. And while Judy was attending PUC she decided to sell Bible Story books during the summer to earn money for college. The idea was to knock on the door, ask the person to check over the book, leave the book and return the next day and talk them into buying a set. For some reason Judy had Petaluma for her district. So...each day Judy and I drove to Petaluma to drop off books and check back at homes with books and try and sell sets of books. This was Judy's job...but I loved going along. Besides...I decided to go on a black licorice diet that summer...and I really did lose weight on it. (I think the walking might have had something to do with the weight loss). We were POOR though...so we never had much for lunch... I stuck with just black licorice, I have no idea what Judy ate.
So...we'd drop off the books. Talk to the women. And Return. Biggest lesson in my life... MOST, honestly MOST of the women did NOT remember who we were. Mind you, Judy and looked like twins back then. And most women paid so little attention to us...when we returned we would have to explain to them that we were the girls that dropped off the books!! All my insecure years I thought people notiiced when I screwed up (like in school with a wrong answer, or at church mispronouncing a word)...and now I found out... most people can't even remember who the heck you are the following day. That really did wonders for me... I quit worrying about what people thought...cause now I knew, they didn't think about ME!!!
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