It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in acertain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes."Charles R. Swindoll
American writer and clergyman, b.1934
I have been asked why I picked the name docktodoc for my blog. Well, its a short story, really. My paternal great-great grandfather was King Dock Burnett (later changed to simply Dock K. Burnett. My grandfather was Drewery Dock Burnett. Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to meet either of them.
My father, Roy (no middle name, except for the "C." which the United States Army required him to add in the 1960's) Burnett has told me stories of the strenght and character of these men all of my life. Although Dock was a family name, and not a title, everyone knew Dock Burnett.
From the seed of these simple carpenters and gentlemen farmers, here I stand today, Roger Dale Burnett. My goal is to be Dr. (Doc) Burnett, as was my grandfather, and his father before him.
Who knows, if my attitude is what it should be.....it just may happen?
