Minute Message   : Vacation

Publication Date : 8/17/96



	By the time you read this, I will have returned from

vacation. This is my second trip into the Sisters Wilderness on

horseback. I'll not bore you with the details. However I will say

that it was a refreshing experience.



	All of us look forward to the few weeks or days when we can

slip away from the yearly grind to be renewed in both spirit and

body.



	Often, with any work, we can become so engrossed in our

responsibilities that we don't recognize our bodies are running

low on fuel.  This is manifested by always seeming tired,

restless, a bad attitude or strife either at home, work or both.



	Getting away helps us to get perspective. we are able to

move away form the "what must be done" and to reflect on what we

are doing and why.



	Some find it extremely difficult to get away. They feel the

company could not function without them. They may indeed be

valuable, but it has been my experiences that when a person of

value dies, the company continues on as though nothing happened.



	When was the last time you left for a vacation? Your family

needs you to take one, your co-workers can't wait until you take

one, and your body is probably begging for a rest. Take it and be

renewed.



Norman Russell

2761 Broadway

North Bend, Oregon USA  97459