The Big Three: Clear as a bell

The world can be a crazy place. Sometimes it helps to step back and list a few of the things you’re grateful for. I’m making it a habit each week to list three blessings. Here’s what I’m grateful for this week, November 2-8.

What I’m grateful for:

—Plain as day. The clarity that comes after a hard decision.

—Knowledge is power. Last spring, I went to my nephew’s college graduation. It was fun seeing him walk across the stage. It was neat closing my eyes and remembering the day I graduated. So much hard work. So much sweat. I remember feeling that I had climbed Mount Everest. My father once told me that I may lose my job and house. I may lose my money. But no one will ever be able to take away my education.

I still feel that way. Education is a gift. A tremendous, priceless gift.

—On the Yellow Brick Road. We’re each on a journey. Following our own path to success, happiness, and fulfillment. Every journey is different with its own challenges. No matter where you are . . . here’s some encouragement to keep on pressing forward. Victory is for the purposeful and determined.

What gave me a smile?

Science is an amazing thing.

On November 8, 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays in his laboratory in Bavaria. He noticed that a fluorescent screen glowed even when the cathode ray tube was covered with heavy black paper, leading him to realize that a new, mysterious type of ray was being emitted. He named these unknown rays “X-rays,” a term that stuck, and he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery in 1901

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