The trouble with tying shoes gallops through the
family, too, Annie. Hug that little man for me. He
sounds just like my babies, now 33, 26 and 23!
Penny
--- Annie <dageisler@mpx.com.au> wrote:
> Rory, Thank you!
> I failed to add all details to that story. I thought
> it may just seem like a Mothers silly tale. The boy
> is my son. He is quite a little man. He runs with
> Sinclair blood! We named him Matthew John Sinclair
> Geisler. Better known as Matty. He will be
> remembered for his kindness and loved for eternity,
> as will all my children. So what if he can't tie his
> shoes yet!
> Annie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rory Sinclair
> To: sinclair@mids.org
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: A Dance called America
>
>
> Ahh Annie!
> I just KNEW you were keeper! And this from the
> land of "Aussie Rules"
> Yes, there are big victories but we cannot aim at
> them, they will find us if they are to be.
> There are so many wonderful little ones to
> experience on a daily basis but we are blinded to
> them because they appear to be of no significance.
> Look what that little boy has done to you!....to us
> all!
> Aye, Rory
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annie <dageisler@mpx.com.au>
> To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: A Dance called America
>
>
> I enjoyed your thoughts Rob.
>
> There is strength that I admire and cherish in
> others above all other human accomplishment. The
> power of kindness, forgiveness. It takes more power
> and worth to be remembered this way than to be the
> one who fought the big battle and to win. To unite
> rather than fight. That's real power!
>
> On the weekend I watched six year old boys play a
> game of soccer. The parents were screaming from the
> side lines (And getting rather aggressive) one
> little boy was called names throughout the whole
> game. Last ten minutes of the game he had the ball
> for the first time. There was a struggle for
> possession and a member of his opposing team fell
> and started to cry. So the little boy with the ball,
> let the ball go, even though he was being screamed
> at by fellow members to forge ahead. He sat beside
> the fallen one and offered comfort. This is as great
> a strength as I have ever read or seen in another.
> He was being the best he could be. Sometimes the
> simple little things make us hero's. This little man
> will be remembered by me forever.
>
> Annie
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rob
> To: sinclair@mids.org
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 1:47 AM
> Subject: Re: A Dance called America
>
>
> being surrounded by descendants of Scottish and
> other exports each day...and living in a place where
> human beings continue to be our #1 export...has led
> me to some thoughts...
>
> Like any cultural group, whether defined by
> geography, blood ties, or community of interest, it
> would not be productive to categorize the components
> of any group of humans as being any one
> thing...there is much to be said for individual
> responsibility and development...
>
> As far as my reading has illuminated, people
> who came to the New World, including Scots, were a
> mix of common criminals and intellectuals, military
> leaders, farmers and slaves; women and men, priests
> of God and rogues, gay and straight, black and
> white, good bad and indifferent...Church leaders and
> those building a New World away from them...the rich
> and the poor...and out of this list and more, who
> can tell whom is really which centuries ago..
>
> the story of any great creation is a similar
> path...history as we read it today is the result of
> the victor's consolidation of views, for political
> and intellectual reasons...no matter what the
> access-to-information-other-than-standard-views that
> we now enjoy through the internet, sources are
> limited and great amounts of study take many long
> years...understanding is elusive...
>
> I think we should all beware the pursuit of
> categorizing one human group as being
> bigger-faster-stronger than another...it apparently
> leads to global wars...the pursuit of individual
> Sinclair Stories is a good one...it is human beings
> who accomplish - groups who share or control...
>
>
> I work each day with people from a dozen
> different established local cultures, the leaders
> and the criminals, the sacred and the profane...I
> work with Maritimers around the world and people
> from around the world who come to live here...
>
> as for those who came here so long
> ago, some are survivors and builders as individuals,
> some are not...
> no matter what
> their other categorizations...
>
>
> some Sinclairs were
> great leaders of humankind...
>
> some are not...
>
>
>
> sometimes I'm right,
>
> sometimes I'm wrong,
>
> sometimes what's right for
> today is wrong three years later...
>
>
>
> rob
>
>
>
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