A good memory, some sound advice

Lyn writes:

I was weeding out old e-mails from my inbox today. I came across this one from Eric and wanted to share it with you. I remember when he sent it. I was having such a bad day at work and, as usual, my Eric knew just the perfect thing to say:

> From: Eric Chesna [mailto:EChesna@XXXXX.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:21 AM
> To: lchesna@XXXXX.com
> Subject: Re: you!
>
>
> Yesterday, I was riding the elevator down. Two men got on from [the
> bank]. They were both older men, wearing suits and carrying
> briefcases that looked light and empty.
>
> They continued their conversation about someone they worked with.
> "It's funny how some people define themselves by their jobs."
> "yeah, that was me 20 years ago."
> "what changed?"
> "I realized that it wasn't really important."
> "yeah."
>
> The doors opened. I came home and made dinner with you.
>
> Wheee
> e