In 1977, Landon Carter, Neil Mahoney, Levy Swindell and I made a presentation regarding the peaceful desegregation of the Cleveland, Ohio public schools in the board room of the Cleveland Trust Company, now Key Bank, to it’s Chairman and other senior staff of the bank. Landon Carter was an EST trainer, Neil Mahoney a former member of the Boston “Checkers” gang and Levy was a kid from the Barrio in San Francisco who had turned his life around brilliantly at age 18.
During the conversation, the Chairman asked Levy what made him believe that kids in the inner city would be able to grasp the training we were proposing?
Levy responded simply by asking the Chairman, “what makes you think those young people want anything different from what you want in life?”
A co-worker brought in an old movie from home that she’d thought I’d enjoy. For two weeks, it sat on my coffee table. While interested, it just wasn’t a priority for me. And as more days passed, I began to feel a sense of urgency to watch it – to ...
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released earlier this month, having spent eight years in jail at a cost in excess of four hundred thousand dollars for helping people who wanted to die to be able to do so with surety and dignity. I wonder if the agreement that was reached before ...
My brother and I attended a Chicago Cubs baseball game a few weeks ago and part of the fun was watching the interaction between the players in the outfield and the fans sitting in the bleachers. Sometimes after the inning warm up, the left-fielder would throw a ball into the ...
We transported my daughter's horse 1600 miles. When we walked into the boarding stable, relaxing music was playing as well as messages on the tack board, stall assignment, feed schedule that spoke to sharing and being loving kindness. Does it take a reminder to be aware of the grace and ...
As a society, we consistently speak as if we can teach, motivate, inspire, educate and empower other people. I wonder what it will take for us to understand that we can do none of these things? ...
