Not so Little Really

I just finished reading "The Little Big Things" by Tom Peters and at the end of it was a gift.  I highly suggest reading the book.  You don't have to agree with everything he says or the ideas he has presented, but the book does get you thinking about how really important small things are and how easy it is to make small changes that have BIG impact.  Anyway, as it's not giving away the plot or whodunit here is the gem that is at the end.

“In a way, the world is a great liar. It shows you it worships and admires money, but at the end of the day it doesn’t. It says it adores fame and celebrity, but it doesn’t, not really. The world admires, and wants to hold on to, and not lose, goodness. It admires virtue. At the end it gives its greatest tributes to generosity, honesty, courage, mercy, talents well used, talents that, brought into the world, make it better. That’s what it really admires. That’s what we talk about in eulogies, because that’s what’s important. We don’t say, ‘The thing about Joe was he was rich.’ We say, if we can, ‘The thing about Joe was he took care of people.’”—Peggy Noonan, “A Life’s Lesson,” on the astounding response to the passing of Tim Russert, the Wall Street Journal, June 21–22, 2008