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Basement People & Balcony People

By Jim Whitt “A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.” —  Dan Rather  My friend Becky Teeter shared a book with me written by Joyce Landorf entitled Balcony People. It describes people as either balcony people or basement people. She uses a metaphor comparing life to a glass sphere, much like a fish bowl. In the bottom two thirds of the sphere is dark, murky water. In the top third is clean, fresh air. The basement people reside in the murk and the mire. They not only are on a… Read More

July 14th, 2010 at 8:54pm

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