Through the Bridges of Life

By Jerry Fitzgerald

The book Through the Bridges of Life is informative, has ideas, and experiences that you and the author have gone through and only a few have went through.
Enjoyment of people, places, and strange things are inside. The book, a cup of coffee, and your favorite chair will make you smile.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Jun 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781466999480

Jerry Fitzgerald

The author is from a small town in Ohio. The town becomes noticeable when he was ten years old and still up on the map. He went to a small elementary school, first to eighth grade and then to high school with five other elementary school students as a freshman. He started with his homeroom in the journalist room, which was there until he graduated. He headed in the large university. All kinds of things happened from then and now—car accident, heart attack—and back outside of the same small town, there he started with. Retired from teaching and now working on this book, the author hopes his family, some friends, and past co-workers may enjoy this book.

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Through The

Bridges of Life

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Jerry Fitzgerald

© Copyright 2013, 2014 Jerry Fitzgerald.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

ISBN: 978-1-4669-9947-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4669-9949-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4669-9948-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013910733

Trafford rev. 12/22/2014

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Contents

Introduction to ‘Through The Bridges of Life’

A Place To Work

Aptitude VS. Attitude

Beauty

Beginning of the States

Changes

Decisions

Dentist

Dictionary

Do We Live In The Right Country?

Dream

Employee Appreciation Day

Friends

Grammar School

Handwriting

In Five Years

Lador

Nice

Plan?

Questions

Quotes From My Friends For You To Enjoy

Red, High Top Sneakers

Sorry

The Game—Twenty Years Ago

Think

Third

This Today

This Today Two

Time

Tree

Wait

Wedding In July

What Do You Think?

Who Do You Invite?

Decisions

Rainy Days and Fridays

Rabbit Farm

Connection

How…

And Other…

A Cheerful Place

Do Not Argue With A Woman

Change of Mind

Close Yet So Far Away

Color

Deal With It

Employee Day

Equilibrium

Explain The Arts

Name of Faith

Here We Go Again

‘Higher’ Learning’

Hot Dog Caper

If We Can Only…

In The Mail

It May Never Be

Jenna

Just Plugging Along

Just Thinking…

Life Fill Up

Mind Beauty

My Snowflake

Sounds of Beauty

Is There Anything You Would Like to Say?

Scheduling

Snipe Hunting

The Beach

The Door Opened…

Two Lovers Lost at Sea…

Thinking

When Are You Supposed To Die?

Who Do You Invite?

Wonder Why?

Introduction to

‘Through The Bridges of Life’

What is a bridge? Most people knows that a bridge

is used to go from one place to another in a short time.

There are different bridges other than a straight

one. There are S-bridge, that were used for horse and buggy. There the road was straight

but the water stream was at an angle.

A covered bridge was to kept the bridge open

and unfreezed and to kept the last for a long time.

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Then there is a Y-bridge, that is used today for

common traffic. The bridge has a straight line and

half way it separates and you have to go

left or right on different streets.

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‘Bridge over Troubled Waters’ was a popular song

in the ’70 and how many times have you crossed

that channel?

In life, how many bridges must you cross to

the other side and how many times must you decide

on whether you want to challenge the

successful goals.

So if you are in the crossroad of life

and see a bridge you have not seen before.

Stop and think, maybe this book can

guide you through the rough ahead.

Good luck and enjoy.

Jerry Fitzgerald

A Place To Work

CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? OBVIOUSLY NOT! WE ARE JUST A PART OF A HERD, THOUGH WE SEE OURSELVES AS AMERICAN WORKING ICONS, FENCED IN, GAZING AT THE CLOCK, IN THE INSANITY OF THE MODERN CORPORATE WORKPLACE.

JACK DOUGHERTY, FOUNDER OF DOUGHERTY DIALECTS AND COAUTHOR OF MOST LIKELY TO BE A SUCCESS, SAID, ONCE YOU GET TEN PEOPLE TOGETHER, THEY FALL INTO A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR.

FOR EXAMPLE, DOUGHERTY SAID EVERY OFFICE HAS A BROWN-NOSER. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO SUCKS UP TO HIS OR HER BOSS FOR PERSONAL REASONS. IT’S THE COMMON TYPE IN AN OFFICE. THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS STARVED FOR ATTENTION.

LIST OF COMMON OFFICE ANNOYERS (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE.)

1. LOUD TALKERS—THEY ARE PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF WHISPERING OR THEY THINK EVERYONE IS INTERESTED. FORGET WEARING EARPLUGS BECAUSE THE LOUD TALKERS WILL TRY HARDER TO BE HEARD.

2. ANGRY MAN OR WOMAN—NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, IT REALLY TICKS OFF ANGRY MAN. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, HE GETS MAD BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS NOT.

3. ONE-UPPERS—DID YOU JUST GET BACK FROM FLORIDA? WELL, HE JUST GOT BACK FROM LAS VEGAS. YOUR AIRPLANE TICKET WAS $225; HIS WAS $199. IF YOU LOST TEN POUNDS; HE LOST 12.

4. SUPER PARENTS—BE CAREFUL. EVEN IF YOU CAN’T TAKE ONE MORE STORY ABOUT JOHNNY’S HOME RUN, KEEP QUIET. DON’T CRITICIZE SUPER PARENTS OR YOU WILL SOUND LIKE YOU’RE CRITICIZING THEIR KIDS. BESIDES, THE KIDS WISH SUPER PARENTS WOULD SHUT UP TOO.

5. THE EXPERTS—AKA CLIFF CLAVEN FROM CHEERS. THEY ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE ANY SUBJECT CAN SET THEM OFF. BUT THE REALLY ANNOYING PART IS THAT EVERY SO OFTEN, THEY ACTUALLY COME IN HANDY.

6. CHARITY JUNKIES—ALSO KNOWN AS MOTHER TERESA, WHO ARE PLEDGING FOR PEACE, ARE WALKING FOR WHALES, ARE SAVING THE SEALS, ETC.

7. PACK RATS—THEY HAVE PILES OF PAPERS ON AND AROUND THEIR DESKS, BOXES ON THE FLOOR, EVER GROWING STACKS, AND MAIL HANGING OFF THEIR DESKS. THIS SPACE IS THE MOST LIKELY TO HARBOR A SMALL RODENT VILLAGE.

8. MOLES—THESE PEOPLE SKULK AROUND THE OFFICE, HOVER OVER YOUR DESK WHILE YOU TYPE, AND ARE SILENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY CONVERSATION. THEY TRADE INFORMATION. THEY KNOW WHO’S DATING WHOM AND WHO HAD TOO MUCH