Elephant Ear

The elephant ear captures, deciphers, and redirects critical fleet maintenance, procurement, and leadership knowledge and passes it along to the passengers of this blog.

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful...

"All the world is searching for joy and happiness, but these cannot by purchased for any price in any market place, because they are virtues that come from within."  Lucille R. Taylor...

“…A great gift has been made to each and every one of us—the privilege of living in the world for a short span of years and the opportunity of doing our part to help the less fortunate; to improve civilization; to advance knowledge, both the...

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion,...

Do what's right by your family and your fellow man and yourself. don't let any obstacle  stand in your way and gain strength and knowledge from these hurdles. as always follow your heart and you can't go wrong  Alan Zeiner, father, husband, friend, weilder, leader....

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.” Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887); clergyman, social reformer...

"When you become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair into signs of hope." - Henri Nouwen ...