How to Be a Decent Human Being

By Carol J. Pemrich Hauser

Carol wrote this book as a result of seeing
a meme on Facebook that stated,
It takes zero dollars to be a decent human being.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Nov 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781489714381

Carol J. Pemrich Hauser

Carol Pemrich Hauser was born December 23, 1958, the fifth of eight children, and second daughter, in a chaotic Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She grew up caring for her siblings and developed a love of writing poetry with strong themes of sensitivity and compassion. Carol graduated from Solomon Juneau High School in Milwaukee. She has four daughters, two step daughters and seven grandchildren. She has a B.S. in Operations Management from Marion University. Carol moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin and met her present husband Jerry Hauser with whom she shares her love of poetry and the power of the written word. Currently, Carol is living in Neenah, caring for Jerry who has developed Alzheimer’s Disease, but Carol is still writing and has a great deal of passion for sharing what she has learned in life and is still learning. She has also partnered with her oldest Daughter, Michele Cathers, on several writing projects. Michele is a gifted writer herself and a patient, insightful editor.

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ISBN: 978-1-4897-1439-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4897-1438-1 (e)

LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 11/09/2017

Contents

Be Genuine!

Respect Yourself!

Tell the Truth!

Listen!

Ask!

Say Thank You and Be Grateful!

Apologize!

Don’t Cheat on a relationship!

Treat Everyone Equally!

Take Care of Yourself!

About the Author

I wrote this book as a result of the below meme I saw on Facebook. It started out as a short article, but as I wrote and talked with other people, I realized the need to expand on each element. What used to be referred to as Common Decency is getting lost in our society. We are not teaching everyone what it takes to be decent, these basic and most important concepts are what make humans the very best we can be.

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As I considered the meaning of this meme. I wondered why people equated money with being decent and concluded that it doesn’t equate. Being poor is not a requisite for being a decent human being. I wondered why we had to be reminded to be decent and concluded that maybe people just don’t know how.

Decency 101 isn’t a class you take in college. I think some of us were lucky enough to have family to teach us decency as we grew up. Maybe it’s something we learned in church, or in bits and pieces to rectify mistakes we made, but if we don’t learn in youth, we