FACT: Class always matters

Recent events have brought to mind two very pertinent verses, one short, one long.

“People will forget what you say to them. They may even forget what you do to them, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

The other verse has been printed in various papers and shared often by me. My copy is yellowed and fading. However, the words remain steadfast.

CLASS:

Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident. It can handle whatever comes along.

Class has a sense of humor. It knows that a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations.

Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes.

Class knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of small, inconsequential sacrifices.

Class bespeaks an aristocracy that has nothing to do with ancestors or money. Some wealthy “blue bloods” have no class, while some individuals who are struggling to make ends meet are loaded with it.

Class is real. It can’t be faked.

Class is comfortable in its own skin. It never puts on airs.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to “look better” by making others look worse.

Class can “walk with kings and keep its virtue, and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.” (Thank you, R. Kipling)

Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

If you have class, you’ve got it made. If you don’t have class, no matter what else you have, it doesn’t make any difference.

I realize this last verse is lengthy. However, in today’s world, the verse matters every single day.

PATTY ALBERTSON

Spirit Lake