If my Gradfather were living today...he would be celebrating a brithday well pst his centennial year...he had a grade school education and came here from Yugolavia and was a cabinet maker ...doing everything from the doors and windows in the now "locally famous" Greendale Wisconsin "originals" (homes that were part of a government construction project for which he got the contract to do the windows and doors...which my Mother said was truly a lifesaver for the family during the depression.) 
My Grandfather was less than five feet tall...and used to say..." All the taller you have to be is so your feet touch the ground." Being all of 5'2" myself....I would have to agree of course. I was the yongest grandchild for quite a while and spent lots of time with him...he used to tell my mother that he would "Rather watch a bushel of fleas all day than Sally for 5 minutes," Maybe those sage words were why we elected to have cats rather than kids !
We called my Grandfather Papa....pronounced Puppa...and he always waited anxiously on his brothday to see what the groundhog had to say about how much more winter we would have in Wisconsin. When you earn your living in construction in the midwest, weather...especially in those days....was a force to be reckoned wth....Sooo...when you hear the report today about the Groundhog's Shadow...and the forecast for more or less winter....Remember Papa....all the taller you have to be is so your feet touch the ground...You can soar to great heights no matter what your size....the determination to do so is up to you !
What wonderful memories of your Papa! Being 5 ft even I like that tall enough so your feet touch the ground. Of course I always used the good things come in small packages line!