Leaky Buckets

Throughout my childhood, my dad would read aloud to my siblings and I. One chapter a night from Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings or Eragon. Dad would do all the voices and embody the various characters. One of Dad’s favorite characters was Mad Eye Moody. Introduced to us in the fourth Harry Potter book, Mad Eye Moody was a crazy old coot with an eye patch who hunted evil wizards. He was a grizzled and paranoid, jaded by a life of being in danger and dealing with bad guys. Throughout the book, he repeatedly professed the idea of constant vigilance, of being aware of your surroundings at all times or someone will sneak up behind you and curse you. CONSTANT VIGILANCE! My Dad would holler every time Mad Eye Moody would appear in the pages.  My Dad loved the idea of CONSTANT VIGILANCE. So much so that he would, and still does, sneak up behind you at random times and thunder the words in your ear. Dad believed that you can succeed and survive in your life far better if you are always paying