An advertisement in Time magazine caught my eye. There sits Richard Branson, million/billionaire, in his private jet, handsomely coiffed, getting ready to fly a paper airplane. Caption reads..."Self-made Man."
I call BS...and I bet his mother does, too. Did he feed himself and wipe his own bottom those first two years? Does he single-handedly make, fly, repair, advertise, and clean his fleet at Virgin Airlines? Does he grow the food he eats? Spin the yarn he wears? Cut his own beautiful gray hair? Did he build his abode? Construct his car? Refine his gas?
In this season of encouraging gratitude, maybe we all need to step back and take a good look at how very interconnected we are. None, not one, of us is self-made. We all should be saying "thank you" to all those around us. We are only "me" because we are "us."
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