A I R M A L I
16 AMERICANWAY
OCTOBER 1 2008
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GranMeliáCancún’sRoyal Service
LetterRip
We love letters.Maybe it’s because our grandmas always used to tape a
quarter toour birthday cardswhenwewere little, andwenowhave this
Pavlovian thing going on. Regardless, we want to hear from you. Sing
ourpraises,bustourchops,or just telluswhat’sonyourmind.Sendyour
thoughts to
OVERTHEMOON
Thank you, Adam Pitluk, for your “Moon
Shadow” editorial in the October 1 issue.
I am a former TWA flight attendant now
working for Keller Williams Realty, and it
ismy privilege to give a short final thought
atourofficemeetings. I readyourpieceand
found the vendor’s advice to be something
weall need tobe remindedof.Ourbusiness
is so hectic and so challenging.We need to
be reminded to look at the moon. I hope
youwillbeflatteredandnotoffendedby the
poetic license I took in composing the fol-
lowingmessage formy colleagues:
While strolling through a street fair in
Fort Lauderdale,wepausedat one vendor’s
stand tomarvel at the hand-painted conch
shellsand towatch theartist atwork.Aswe
walked away, I heard the artist call out in a
heavily accentedbaritone, “Hey Papi, enjoy
themoon!”
Curious, I turned back and asked him,
“What does thatmean?”
“Itmeansnothingmore thanwhat itsays.
Lookat themoon. It’sbeautiful tonight.The
moon ismeant tobe enjoyedwith friends.”
This little storymademe think that our
industrytoday isa lot likeastreet fair:There
are lots of vendors, andwe, the realtors, are
minding their booths. But we become so
frustratedwith thestreets fullofpeoplewho
are just wandering, watching what’s going
on,waiting for abetterdeal orwishing they
could really buy that hand-painted conch
shell. We keep the booth open longer, we
addflags andflashing lights to draw atten-
tion to our booth, andwe stress andworry
that thepeoplewill just keepwandering.
Andwe forget to look at themoon. It is
full tonight. Enjoy themoonwith friends.
jEANINELAIRd-dAVIEs,
WEsTMINsTER, CALIfORNIA
AdAMPITLUKREsPONds:
We love tobeamuse.
Thanks for your warm remarks, Jeanine.
We’ll try tokeepup the goodwork.
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