[Oe List ...] Witness

[John Cock]

Thank you, you old has-been :>)
 
John

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In my advancing age I've been trying to streamline my interests and my
"causes" and have basically gotten it down to just two: religion and
politics. I have two pretty good sized file boxes on my desk that say
Religion and Politics, but there has to be a 3rd...so it just says
Miscellaneous. The problem is that it is hard to see any "winning" in either
of the two major categories; maybe I'm winning in miscellaneous! I believe
that the "movement" spoiled me, and many others, with its comprehensiveness
and inclusiveness. We had the feeling that we were "dealing with all the
problems and all the issues all at once", even if it was only in the form of
a model. When I'm asked by the countless requests that come through my
mailbox to deal with the environment, wildlife, Meals on Wheels, Church
World Service, the Interfaith Alliance (against the religious right), the
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc. (they've saved us about $90,000 over the last
20 yrs), the local homeless organizations, Doctors Without Borders,
Greenpeace and there are more...I cry out for that comprehensive model. When
we joined the Order I was, (had been) a pretty good golfer (as a teen-ager
even had a couple rounds of 69) but that pretty much "went by the wayside."
When we came to Calif. not only did I no longer have my seminary file
drawers (left somewhere at Kemper) I didn't have any golf clubs. I thought
this is silly because I'm out here in  the Mecca of golf with no clubs. So I
resurrected that talent and even collected as a "senior" quite a few
trophies and memorable rounds. Now that is also pretty much gone...still
have the great clubs, but no interest in being a "has-been-golfer." When I
read in your emails about resurrecting (legacy, is it) something...I really
ask myself, am I up for that?  It truly has been a "great ride" and like
Marilyn Monroe, I wouldn't change a thing, but the times seem to call for
younger and more energetic talent.  David Zollars
 
David and Lois Zollars, Order members from 1966-1973, priors of the first
Sacramento House in 1972, still residing in the San Francisco Bay area.
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