What's Your Hurry?
A Collection of Sane Sayings, Keen Observations and Good Advice
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My dad, George Stover, was born in
Dad left school in the ninth grade to help raise his eight younger sisters. Even though his formal education ceased, he never stopped learning. His classroom was nature, people, and hundreds of books.
He never flew in an airplane, he didn’t believe in pampering himself and he never had a tetanus shot and he was only in a hospital twice, the second time he went to his own “happy hunting ground.”
This book is a collection of his sane sayings, keen observations and good advice. Some are humorous, while others are sobering and somewhat cynical. Yet others contain words of hope and express his desire to see us treat each other fairly and with respect. All paint a true picture of my dad.
His favorite songs - In The Garden & When Your Smiling. His other favorite question if you could have a private conversation with any 5 people in the world who would they be? This tells alot about you.
But he left a legacy of appreciation for nature, honesty, simplicity, and living each day of life to its fullest. Even now, 30 years later, I can still hear him say, “What’s Your Hurry?”
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“What’s Your Hurry?” is a time capsule.
The collection of sane sayings, keen observations and good advice comes from a man whose formal education ended in the ninth grade. But that man, my dad, never stopped learning. His classroom was nature, people around him, and hundreds of books.
Everyone has a story. George Stover’s story is about life, and that story is in these sayings. While some are humorous and contain words of hope, others are sobering and somewhat cynical. But that’s real life. “What’s Your Hurry?” is a book to reckon with-you’ll smile with the ups and nod thoughtfully over the downs.
The complete manuscript contains approximately 100 sayings. Several people have perused, chuckled and frowned over “What’s Your Hurry?” It appeals to young and older adults alike.
There are some similarities between “What’s Your Hurry?” and H. Jackson Brown, Jr.’s, “Live and Learn and Pass It On.” Both books are compilations of lessons learned and observations made. But “What’s Your Hurry?” is one man’s observations about life, over an 80-year span, and the changes he saw along the way. It’s a time capsule all its own.
About the Author
For many years, Joe Stover’s profession took him throughout the
He points out that when people are experiencing troubling times, as many are today, they tend to return to their roots. They look for stability. “When we feel overwhelmed by the world around us, we try to grasp onto something that is real and makes sense,” he says.
“That’s what this book does, it takes people back to their roots and reminds them of their own fathers’ and mothers’ thoughts and sayings,” he adds. “My goal is to create and remind people of those happy times.”
After all, Joe says, when all is said and done, life is very, very short. It’s important to take a minute now and then to reflect on that reality and ask ourselves: “What’s the hurry?”
Perhaps one of my dad’s observations will strike a chord with you, and you will share it with others.