Mr. Personality: His last column
By MR. PERSONALITY, Newnan’s Goodwill Ambassador
The highlights for the month of June are Flag Day and the first day of Summer.
My good friend from Seldon’s Old School Barbershop will make house calls and shut-ins can request a haircut and a shave. Call 678-638-1904, tell him that Mr. Personality sent you.
Five days a week for two hours a day, I am on Temple Avenue flying a sign and entertaining people driving by. You can also find me conversing and socializing on the Courthouse Square most days of the week. I love the friendly family atmosphere meeting dogs, parents and children, and the many shoppers on the Courthouse Square. I love to see young children laughing and playing on the Courthouse lawn. On most weekends, someone will be playing music on some corner on the Courthouse Square for hours on end. I suggest you bring your children, your dogs, and your camera after hours and enjoy the Courthouse Square for yourself. Truly good, wholesome fun.
My Book of the Month is titled Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. This book is a funny story that has much hidden wisdom about human nature. How we tend to resist change, feel entitled, overanalyzing things, and our inclination to procrastinate. It is also very interesting how the author is applying much hype and overemphasizing the psychological contents of a simple story to enhance the book’s importance. This obvious ploy to sell the book is another good reason to read it. It gives another side of human nature, read the “About the Author” on the very last page for more hype and more exaggerations basically overselling both the author and the book. A classic example of “ego” getting in the way of a good story. I suggest you read the book for the wisdom it contains and the unexpected insight on the use of hype that is becoming obvious as more authors use the same ploy.
This shall be my last column my friends. It is time to better myself in mind, body, and in spirit, as I am in the winter of life. I am downsizing my efforts and activities to match my levels of energy. As my mind and body decline, I am forced to adapt accordingly. My attention shall be fully focused upon the Divine Spirit as I enter the first of the last stages of life. It is time, my memory is fading more and more each day and it is difficult to walk short distances. I shall as always be living each day to the very fullest. I shall keep doing my sign waving gigs and showing up at the Courthouse Square as much as possible.
For those who desire to do so can write to me at the address below. I will answer every letter with a handwritten four page letter of my own plus some awesome art.
You may write to:
Mr.Personality
18 A Richard Allen Drive, Newnan, GA 30263-2107
We all appreciate you and you loving attitude and the love you have for community and our city. God bless you brother. You’re a blessing to us. Love ya – Pastor Tj