COVID-19 Lockdown, Day 36
Great news! Steven Landek, the Mayor of Bridgeview, my town, endorsed my blog! I wrote to him to see if Bridgeview had any plans for making masks mandatory, and he replied to say that Bridgeview would only follow what the Governor instructs. Then, he wrote the following: "Also, I very much enjoy reading your daily post !!! Don’t worry about the critics. Nothing will ever be achieved by listening to the critic. As Teddy Roosevelt noted in his famous speech, The Men In The Area, '…it is not the critic who counts…'" This post really made my week, and it is only Monday!!! And don't worry either, Mr. Mayor! I am too hardheaded to let critics stop me. If I did, I would never try to accomplish anything. I would not have gone to college or grad school, and I would not be a social worker. I would not be a writer either. I have noticed that the usual critics fit into two categories. The first one category belongs to those who keep everything and everyone int...