124: At The Crossroads

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Where one can ponder a big decision and enjoy a continental breakfast.

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0:00.0	This is the way I heard it.
0:01.5	The Traveller was wise and had a way with words.
0:10.8	The innkeeper was young and in need of advice, so the two men chatted at the crossroads
0:16.4	over a continental breakfast as innkeepers and their guests often do.
0:21.8	Thing is, said the innkeeper, I didn't sign up for any of this.
0:25.8	The rooms, the restaurant, the property, suddenly it's all in my name.
0:30.8	I'm worried.
0:32.2	The Traveller sipped his tea.
0:34.4	Why worry?
0:35.9	Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
0:39.8	But I didn't borrow anything, said the innkeeper.
0:42.6	I just inherited something.
0:44.2	I don't want.
0:45.2	Now I'm stuck here.
0:46.6	It's not fair.
0:48.1	The Traveller shrugged and sipped some more tea.
0:51.6	It's better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
0:56.1	Besides human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected, we must therefore consult
1:01.8	our means, rather than our wishes.
1:06.8	The young innkeeper frowned.
1:08.3	The Traveller sure had a way with words.
1:10.7	But these were not the words he wanted to hear.
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