Wednesday, November 17, 2010

When You Know Who You Are ...


... You Know What to Do.

This is a quote I got from a speech by George Emery, at the student union at L.S.U. in -- I think -- about 1971. There's a post here that lays out the context and a bit about the speaker.

That event was a pivotal one for me regarding how I look at the world, one of those "Aha!" epiphanies that sink in and stay with you. Yeah, yeah, touchy-feelie hippie stuff, but the message still resonates with me to this day.

Yesterday, I got an email from a woman who is putting together a scrapbook for George Emery's 80th birthday. He is still with us, and still doing good work, and I was delighted by her note and his continued presence in our world.

She was, she said, one of the hosts for that event -- small world, hey? -- and came across my blog posting from 2008 and liked it, and was considering using some part of it in the scrapbook.

Oh, yeah, by all means -- I'd be honored!

The brass plate pictured above is one of several I had made three and some decades ago. This one is on the top of my gun-cleaning supply case ...

Happy birthday, George.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi again, Steve. Hope this message comes through okay. If I had a different e-mail for you I would attach what I did with your words for George. (Thanks for giving me permission.)
I lived in our Emissary Center back in the late Sixties, early Seventies and worked at LSU. Moved to Sunrise Ranch in 1972 (for a year, I thought) and am still here. Sure miss Louisiana, where I spent 7 years in Lake Charles & BR. If you have another e-mail address, I'd enjoy sending this on to you.
All the best,
Shareen Ewing
sewing@emnet.org

Brad said...

Nice to know where this came from, it's the source of one of my "Aha!" moments also.

Steve Perry said...

Shareen --

The return address on the email I sent you works fine.