Dear Reader:

I should know by now that less is best and the fewer the words, the more powerful the statement followed by action.

Brooke and I (Sunday night) were just getting into our marathon movie mode when I heard one of the main characters say something that stuck with the rest of the night.

In the first show…A hurricane had come through New Orleans and this character was staying in a downtown hotel… the viewers knew he was trying to deliver a large Manila envelope to a particular person -a woman. A twist of fate sets him directly in front of that woman’s car when she accidentally rams him.

She is horrified but he is just concerned about her and two children in the car with her. He offers to fix her fender before the storm hits. He does but the next day as he is starting out… he drives by to check on the family and they have lost a sizable portion of the roof.

He offers to stay and fix it for the family at a very low price…. the woman is somewhat skeptical and asks him… ” Why? Why would you want to do this… don’t you have to be somewhere?”

He just stares down at her from the roof and replies… ” Because I can.” And starts working.

” Because I can” … chills went down my back… just think of the endless possibilities that could literally turn our world upside down if everyone just said the ” one time” to help a family member, friend, or stranger!”

Brooke and I had a fabulous day… which ended up in making a short trip to St George ( ” Over yonder”.) It was to a famous memorable bar… in tribute to this once giant rock n’ roll star.

Lynard Skynyrd ( Leonard Skinner) died in 2010 at age 77 of Alzheimer’s disease.) You might remember his and his band’s greatest hits. ( Simple Man, Free Bird, and Sweet Home Alabama. )

So until tomorrow… Let’s all practice responding ” Because I can” the next time we see an opportunity to help another … an added wink never hurts either.

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh