[nfbmi-talk] who we are and loving each other

[Lydia Schuck]

Hello list friends,  A few years ago, I got to go with many of you to
Baltimore for a weekend of leadership training.  It was a great time, and
I learned so much about so many of you.  You are truly great friends.  

I didn't know Dr. Maurer well then, and I still don't, but I remember
various ones among our group saying that he was different that weekend,
more philosophical in some way, I think.  I remember him saying he was
tired of hearing about how great the sunset is, and being told how much
he was missing!!!

But, the biggest thing I took away from that meeting was that he said,
"Be good to each other.  Love each other."  He was pointing out how we
can get distracted from our cause by our human nature that causes us to
find fault and get stuck on that.  

More recently I listened to the book "Walking alone and Marching
together" from the NFB website.  It includes all of Dr. Jernigan's
banquet speeches and recordings of demonstrations, and even a mention of
our own Joe Sontag being thrown off an airplane, not literally of course,
for wanting to be treated the same as all riders on the plane.  You gotta
read this book.  My favorite speech is " The Day after civil rights".  It
really puts our movement in perspective.  What is your favorite of the
Federation speeches or writings?  

Finally, I want to try to remember to be good to all of you , and to love
you.  Thanks for all you mean to me and my family.  Lydia