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Show Mary Says That People Are Really Very Beautiful Inside by Mary West People are beautiful. Since I have been writing this column lots of people talk to me and tell me their opinions. I got to thinking about all the people I have met and gotten to know in my travels and I feel inspired to talk about them. ' I once asked a fellow what he had won in boat racing. He said, "Nothing, I just fill out the row, but I get so excited when I'm out there running that it doesn't matter that I never win." I have one friend who is very very wealthy and he had a gigantic tear in his coveralls, and he was struggling to hold the back of his pants together until he could get to his truck. Well, later in the day he had on the same coveralls and had them all pinnned back together. He was just a people. Everyone has an opinion and likes to be heard, and I like to listen. Farmers have a great philosophy and take a down to earth look at the way tilings are. I know engineers who can dazzle you with their knowledge, but then you a hear a story about how one works with handicapped elderly people, and he is just a people. I especially like a grouch, cause they are usually old softies. People like to be recognized. I don't think that we ever outgrow the need for a pat on the head. Do you remember getting a star on Mary Says . . . K nntinued I nun page 1 ) your forehead in school? Sometimes people get carried away and become radical but they do have some good thoughts and we need to learn to listen and evaluate Many are quiet and reserved in their talk, but they have so much to offer if you are willing to take the time to ask for their opinion. People come in all different sizes and personalities. Some personalities will conf lict with yours, but they have many good qualities: If we would pause and think of a good quality of a person we criticize, perhaps we would be more understanding. Some of us need to compete and excel, and others drift along quite happily. It's difficult dif-ficult to please everyone and difficult to understand everyone, but if each of us would try there would be less conflict in the world. |