Eli, have you seen the movie "Number 24" on Netflix? It's based on a true story that starts out with an old man speaking to an audience of young people about his experience as an exceptional young leader in the Norwegian resistance in World War II. Speaking to his young audience, the old man said something like (I'm paraphrasing), "We thought we were living in a post-war world. The truth turned out to be that we were living in an inter-war period." That's truly timeless wisdom.
Valuable lessons! Thank you! I live not far from the Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. It includes a mock-up of Truman's office/library, which had on the wall a sign that said, "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers."
I've got to get to that presidential library, for sure. I just read this this morning about Truman: Harry Truman was one of the greatest readers to ever occupy the White House. As a friend observed to Harry, “history was the men who made it, and he spoke of Marcus Aurelius or Henry of Navarre or old Tom Jefferson or old Andy Jackson as if they were friends and neighbors with whom he had only recently discussed the affairs of the day, their day.” That is my experience: figures from history and writers are often intimate companions and mentors for me in all that I do. Good talking to you!
Eli, have you seen the movie "Number 24" on Netflix? It's based on a true story that starts out with an old man speaking to an audience of young people about his experience as an exceptional young leader in the Norwegian resistance in World War II. Speaking to his young audience, the old man said something like (I'm paraphrasing), "We thought we were living in a post-war world. The truth turned out to be that we were living in an inter-war period." That's truly timeless wisdom.
Valuable lessons! Thank you! I live not far from the Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. It includes a mock-up of Truman's office/library, which had on the wall a sign that said, "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers."
I've got to get to that presidential library, for sure. I just read this this morning about Truman: Harry Truman was one of the greatest readers to ever occupy the White House. As a friend observed to Harry, “history was the men who made it, and he spoke of Marcus Aurelius or Henry of Navarre or old Tom Jefferson or old Andy Jackson as if they were friends and neighbors with whom he had only recently discussed the affairs of the day, their day.” That is my experience: figures from history and writers are often intimate companions and mentors for me in all that I do. Good talking to you!