A man that served his country bravely by every standard we set during the Vietnam war told me he could not forgive himself for the way he treated the bodies of his enemies after death.
I wonder why it is we think we can diminish the worth of one human at any moment and think it will not come home to roost?
It struck me full force, while watching the events in Washington this week, that the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States is about the character of a man, the strength of a family and sense of hope and possibility. I remember with the same sense of awe, the character of the parents of children who attended that first summer program that became Upward Bound. I wondered why these generous, gracious parents would trust anyone who looked like their oppressors?
“You have more to learn from every person you meet than you will ever know.”
Albert C. Boothby, 1964
