Carole manages an audio aid center.
I have never seen her without a smile on her face.
One day, out of the blue, I asked her,
“Carole, have you ever been depressed?”
She looked at me with a blank stare.
6 months later I asked her my 'question of the week' ... before she became the manager.
“Carole, what would you do if you had one more year to live?”
She didn’t hesitate for a moment.
“I would quit my job.
I wouldn’t travel.
I would stay home and hang around with my sister.
I love my sister!
I would also do some 'bénévole' - some charity work."
"But, Carole," I countered, "what would you do if, out of the clear blue,
your life was extended by one year and you had to continue working?"
Carole's response was immediate!
"Then I would be depressed!!!"
Postcript:
Now that she's manager, I doubt whether Carole's response today would be the same!
You can tell by her radiant smile she's having too much fun running the 'joint!'
