Something happened on the way to the Forum.

Maybe it is me, but sometimes I change horses in the middle of the stream -- I can't help it, I love metaphors. What I am trying to say is that sometimes I think that at the moment whatever I am doing seems like the greatest idea and then something else catches my attention. OK, maybe I have ADD. But rather than looking at this as a problem, I look at it as a wonderful opportunity to go on a different direction. So I have decided to write about life events, especially those aggravating me and those events causing a renewal of faith in the human race.

I am a person who loves to observe the human behavior and out of this I learn that WE human beings have a few character flaws. I am not free of them, but I am working toward elimination of these bad traits. It drives me bunkers when someone says to me: Let me call you back, something came up. Guess what, no call back. To me, that sounds like lack of character. If you say you will, do it. If you don't mean to do it, just say, I am sorry I need to take care of something else. No promises. I guess some of us have trouble saying NO or not having the courage to terminate a conversation or a bad relationship.

You might say that this is no big deal. Guess what Einstein -- your actions have defined your character. The dictionary gives the following definition for Character: The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or one thing from another.

An old sage gave me the simplest definition. CHARACTER: To do today what you promised yesterday. Ask your friends how they see you. Are you the person who delivers? Or are you someone they can't trust?