“I could line up two Africans, two Europeans, two Australians, two Asians, two South Americans, two Canadians, and one American, and still pick out the American,” a Canadian (but recently turned Phoenician) Amy stated to me during a poolside chat.

“No way!,” I said. “How would you determine that?”

“The American would be the one that’s narrow minded.”

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I was talking with a friend this weekend when I came across a nails on a chalkboard moment.

I asked my friend how work was going. She said it was going alright. (Enter nails on a chalkboard).

When I hear that work is going just alright, then I assume life is going just alright.

Now maybe I should have paid better attention in my deductive reasoning class, but if over half of our waking hours are spent either at work, on our way to work, or getting ready for work, and our job is just alright, doesn’t this carry over to life as well?

Now that I’ve told you my nail on a chalkboard moment, what’s yours?