“Words To Live By”
by Harold George Schilling
Former Mobil Oil HR Executive
You should love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Nothing in life should take precedence over this. Without our faith, all else is a big “VOID” and life has no meaning or purpose.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Without love for God, family, friends and all mankind, we are but empty shells. When we love others as much as ourselves, we will not be selfish or hurt other people, either physically or emotionally.
Be Honest (and TRUTHFUL).
Honesty used to be taken for granted in years past. My Dad – probably high-lighted and implanted this point in my mind and heart, as much or more than anything he taught me. Truthfulness builds trust.
BUILD A RESPECTABLE REPUTATION.
From day one, we begin developing our own reputation. It follows us and becomes part of us during our entire life.
REMEMBER – YOU AND YOUR LIFE ARE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.
BE HAPPY AND CHEERFUL – LIFE IS GREAT.
Not only does it make you feel good but it rubs off on those around you. You have a beautiful disarming smile, use it. Bring cheer and happiness into your own family, to your friends and everyone you contact.
DEVELOP & MAINTAIN A STRONG HEALTHY BODY.
Good health (body & mind) is usually up to us. So many young people these days seem to take no responsibility of this wonderful gift to tear down their body & mind, pollute their minds and wreck their whole future. A Mobil employee once told me that her best friend’s son was a popular kid in high school, star football player & basketball player, handsome – had everything going for him. He went off to college, got into drugs, and they brought him home six months later – a blubbering idiot. Drugs had blown his mind. What a waste.
GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO YOUR FUTURE CAREER AND LIFE.
You must prepare yourself through education and by the kind of life you live during those years as you develop the “YOU” of tomorrow, for yourself and hopefully, your own family one day. “We only go around once”. And it doesn’t matter how much money one makes, but what you are comfortable & happy doing in our vocation to prepare ourselves to take care of your own family in the future.
“TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE”.
An old quote – don’t remember who said it – but it packs a strong “wallup”. Don’t let someone else make decisions for you in how you conduct yourself today or in the future. Set your own high standards to live by and stick to them. You will never regret “living true to yourself.”
