[Dialogue] The old Order passing away

[DOUGLAS DRUCKENMILLER]

I remember Ellery's talking about having lived in the Philippines as a high school girl. (Her dad was a missionary and they were evacuated when WWII broke out.)  When she  was assigned to Manila, she thought the Tagalog language she had been fluent in would come back to her fairly easily. She was very frustrated to find that it was gone and not coming back. About 6 months in to her assignment, she had been doing development in Manila and was exhausted. She got on the bus to go home and wanted nothing much more than a good nap. But the women just behind her would not let that happen. They kept yammering away about the most stupid and trivial things: their kids and their squabbles, the troubles in their marriages, and other nonsense. Ellery was furious; why couldn't these women shut up and let her sleep?Suddenly, she realized that the women were speaking Tagalog and she was understanding every word.  She was so tired that she had lost all her inhibitions and the Tagalog that lay just beneath her conscious mind came out. So from then on, she both understood and spoke Tagalog fluently.She had a great time telling this story  on herself.Pat

From: sunwalker at comcast.net
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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:49:46 -0600
Subject: [Dialogue] The old Order passing away




















First, a reflection on Ellery – as a
young and inexperienced Global Prior, Ellery was one of the ones who was
gracious enough to let me learn from my mistakes without rancor and yet with continued
nourishing support. Just her face was a human support mechanism. She
spiritually nourished me and we rarely even spoke. And with mortality on my
mind as so many saints are called home, knowing you have gone with God, I will
let go a bit of the anticipation of my own return.

 

For Carol, while there are many, many
memories: one that popped to the top was the time we were at the IERD in Delhi and had boarded the
VERY tiny elevator on the top floor (about the 22nd as I recall) of
the hotel where we were housed. We pushed the button for the ground floor and
about a third of the way down, the elevator shuddered to a stop and the door
opened…on a brick wall. Well, I was a little claustrophobic and unaware
that Carol was extremely claustrophobic. That hour waiting to be rescued (it
could have been 15 minutes, but seemed like SEVERAL hours) was revealing of the
wondrous woman of steel (Superman move over) who kept us breathing and laughing
to avoid injuring ourselves in the mad panic of fear that sets in when you MUST
get OUT and you cannot. Clearly our circumstances were not our problem. While
in “Heaven,” do a few cartwheels for me, my dear, as I know we both
would enjoy them.

 

Sunny

 

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you've gone down the wrong road, turn back. ~ Turkish Proverb

 







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