"The Buck Stops Here" and The 5 Needs in Life

When it comes to The 5 Needs, like most things in life, we can take responsibility or not…I have been learning from Andy Andrews lately, reading several of his books, hearing some on CD, and never being disappointed. I so enjoy Andy’s style; if you have not heard of him, look him up; his work is fun, interesting and teaches a great deal. Lately I am working through The Traveler’s Gifts and Mastering The 7 Decisions. The first decision is The Buck Stops Here…Here is an explanation of the saying: The Buck Stops Here…

The saying "the buck stops here" derives from the slang expression "pass the buck" which means passing the responsibility on to someone else. The latter expression is said to have originated with the game of poker, in which a marker or counter, frequently in frontier days a knife with a buckhorn handle, was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buck," as the counter came to be called, to the next player.*

On more than one occasion President Truman referred to the desk sign in public statements. For example, in an address at the National War College on December 19, 1952 Mr. Truman said, "You know, it's easy for the Monday morning quarterback to say what the coach should have done, after the game is over. But when the decision is up before you -- and on my desk I have a motto which says The Buck Stops Here' -- the decision has to be made." In his farewell address to the American people given in January 1953, President Truman referred to this concept very specifically in asserting that, "The President--whoever he is--has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job. (http://www.trumanlibrary.org/buckstop.htm).

Something to think about…can you apply The Buck Stops Here to your life and how you meet The 5 needs in Life?? I can J.