[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Remembering Betty Pesek, from Elise

[Sunny Walker via Dialogue]

Thank you, Elise. I was reflecting with a friend about the afterlife today
and in seeing your last line, I realize the world will never be without that
Spirit as long as any of us carry it, connect with it, and pass it on as
Betty taught us to graciously, persistently, and lovingly to do.

 

From: OE [mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Priscilla H
Wilson via OE
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 8:46 PM
To: George
Cc: oe at lists.wedgeblade.net; Order Ecumenical ICA-USA
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Remembering Betty Pesek, from Elise

 

Thank you, Elise. 

You stated who Betty Pesek was/is in the best possible poetry. One of the
many gifts in Rodney and my lives was serving in the North Shore Cadre with
Betty and Martin. I will be out of the country this weekend so will miss the
remembrance of Betty. But she will be with me in spirit. 

Grace and Peace

Priscilla

Sent from my iPad


On Jul 7, 2015, at 9:21 PM, George via Dialogue
<dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

Bright Betty, We Remember You

 

It is impossible for me to imagine a world without Betty Pesek.

 

Have you ever shared an office with Betty?

Betty---with a flair for adding artistry to the mundane?  Just the right
addition of gold, royal purple, bright red, deep blue to brighten the
boring; to add sparkle to the shop-worn. Stirring up celebrations with
multicolored bags and ribbons.  Silently connecting with Spirit.

 

Have you ever been in the outtbacks of the world with Betty?

Betty--- with her endearing smile and the twinkle in her eye, making friends
across borders. Betty, gracefully treading through dust and mud, squeezing
into over-crowded busses with eagerness and grace.  Part Queen, part
Princess, part Trooper.

 

Have you ever run into the Indomitable Spirit of Betty? 

That spirit that took on gathering stories from across the world to artfully
compose the book, The Circle of Life. She sculpted raw stories into a
symphony of memories of her bold colleagues laced with humor, sorrow and
joy.  Can you imagine the grit that it took for Betty to bring her
organizing genius to the initial task of sorting through piles of yellowed
papers to help forge a Global Archives project-----or to guard and sort the
papers of a prolific sage, turning them over in pristine order to an
institution where they can live forward in the minds and hearts of students
and seekers?  

 

Have you ever identified with Bridging Betty?  Born on one side of the
tracks, and daring to cross over to the other?  Appreciating the strengths
of both sides, and using the gifts of one to meet the needs of the other.
Can you imagine Betty telling her North Shore friends that she was going to
take the train each day to a West Side across-the -tracks

place, and therefore would not be available for tea?  Can you imagine Betty
recruiting these same friends for a weekend of study in a church basement,
or a chance to make a safe haven for West Side children during riots, or
beckoning these friends to a life of action sparking social justice?

 

Were you gifted to know Energetic Betty in her elder years?  She set the bar
high for keeping going-----creating notebooks that documented the stages of
her life with news clippings and photos.  Creating an archive on eldering.
Betty---proud Mama and Grand mama of the spirited Pesek clan; and spark plug
of her circle of elders. Replacing aging with saging, and then drifting into
Spirit. Daring to let go.

 

Betty, when I think to add a touch of gold; when I'm prompted to dive into a
mess to bring order; when I remember the gift of a wink and a smile; when I
dare to cross bridges that might lead to dust, mud and quick sand------you
are in my heart; you spark my spirit.  You were there and here; and now you
are everywhere.

 

A world without the spirit of Dear Betty?  Such a drab world could not
exist.

 
Elise Packard, June 2015

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