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In 1964, Alice Boothby, wife of my Mentor, Albert Boothby, for whom this organization was named, was run off the road during one of her many routine trips to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was pursuing her Master’s Degree in library science.
The Klu Klux Klan seemed the likely responsible party.
In a faculty meeting that afternoon called to address the issue,
I said, “I hate bigots!”
Albert wheeled around at me and said, “That would make you the problem.”
“Unless we learn to love the bigot and hate the action, none of this will change.”
It appears as if Albert couldn’t have been more right!
Every cell in the human body contains the exact plan necessary to create each one of us.
All cells in the body are replaced every seven years. Bones, heart,
skin, the mind, everything.
How is memory retained?
Why does the heart not stop?
How is it that we do not see the absolute miracle in all of this?
This is the true joy in life,
the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one;
the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap;
the being a force of nature
instead of a feverish, selfish, little clod of ailments and grievances
complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
Man and Superman, 1983
George Bernard Shaw
Does this quotation bring forth inspiration?
If not, what are you doing and for whom are you
doing it?
