I learned these few simple principles about 24 years ago when I started working in the LTL freight business, I hope it helps someone as they read this.1) When I was a dockworker, some nights I would have loads that required me touching and counting 1,000's of pounds of freight, but then the other nights I would never get off the forklift, remembering those gravy nights made the harder ones easy.2)When I was promoted to yard switcher, many nights I worked in the rain all night, but the clear cool nights out weighed the bad ones, I chose to remember the clear nights.3) Once promoted to City P&D I can remember backing and jacking all throughout the narrow streets of Knoxville pulling a 53' trailer, dealing with the millions of tourist in Gatlinburg as I was trying to deliver goods, sometimes having to two wheel freight for several blocks just to make the delivery. But the majority of the time I was simply bumping docks and chatting with the receivers as they unloaded their freight, those good days outweighed the bad.4) When I finally reached my goal of Shuttle Driver I can remember heavy Chicago and Atlanta traffic, frozen road conditions and having to wait for hours on my trailer to be loaded, but then so many more nights the hours flew by, the mile markers came and went quicker than ever and my night was gravy, I chose to dwell on those easy nights. Bottom line, this job has it's up's and down's, but it is how we chose to focus our thoughts, do we dwell on the bad times or glory in the good times that are far more plentiful than the bad ones?