[Oe List ...] Thanks for the Memories

[John Epps]

Thanks for the lyrics, Jim, a perfect poem for me as John transitions to
the next phase of his journey.

With gratitude,

Ann

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 9:06 PM James Wiegel via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Thanks for the Memory <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgUq5dziEk>
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> Thanks for the Memory
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> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgUq5dziEk>
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> Lyrics
> Thanks for the memory
> Of sentimental verse
> Nothing in my purse
> And chuckles
> When the preacher said
> For better or for worse
> How lovely it was
> Thanks for the memory
> Of Schubert's Serenade
> Little things of jade
> And traffic jams
> And anagrams
> And bills we never paid
> How lovely it was
> We who could laugh over big things
> Were parted by only a slight thing
> I wonder if we did the right thing
> Oh, well, that's life, I guess
> I love your dress
> Thanks for the memory
> Of faults that you forgave
> Of rainbows on a wave
> And stockings in the basin
> When a fellow needs a shave
> Thank you so much
> Thanks for the memory
> Of tinkling temple bells
> Alma mater yells
> And Cuban rum
> And towels from
> The very best hotels
> Oh how lovely it was
> Thanks for the memory
> Of cushions on the floor
> Hash with Dinty Moore
> That pair of gay pajamas
> That you bought
> And never wore
> We said goodbye with a highball
> Then I got as high as a steeple
> But we were intelligent people
> No tears, no fuss
> Hooray for us
> Strictly entre nous
> Darling, how are you?
> And how are all
> Those little dreams
> That never did come true?
> Awfully glad I met you
> Cheerio and toodle-oo
> Thank you
> Thank you so much
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> On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 02:57:19 PM MST, Karen Snyder via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>
> When I read John Epps’ remarks titled “Thanks for the Memories,” a small
> echo rang in my head. I recalled he had thanked colleagues before in a talk
> he gave sometime in the late 1970s. Scouring the archives database, Karen
> found what I was looking for.
>
>
> John was assigned to deliver a talk on “The Life of Destiny” at a
> Guardians meeting. I was present for the talk and in re-reading it now, a
> couple of things struck me. John, surprise-surprise, had a 4 X 4 outline.
> He did a marvelous thing with the first three points. Instead of describing
> his own theological insights (which as we all recall, were numerous if not
> a little mysterious), he pointed back to the talks and reports given by
> others up to that point in the weekend meeting. That way, he reinforced and
> celebrated the contributions of his colleagues. I have often utilized that
> technique ever since.
>
>
> Here is the pivotal pearl of his talk (slightly abridged for clarity):
> *The other thing we need to know and be aware of as we give the gift of
> destiny to people for the sake of their profound humanness is that it means
> also giving up your death, in the sense that death is no longer - once one
> is a person of destiny - it is no longer an option to at least be let alone
> to die peacefully. Even death becomes a sign. Even that becomes a tool, a
> vehicle, a device that history uses for the sake of its creative movement.
> That is what we are doing to folks.*
>
>
>
> The impact of this remark is accented when one realizes that right before
> John came on stage to deliver his talk on the Life of Destiny, institute
> founder and dean Joe Mathews had completed his life that noon, Sunday,
> October 16, 1977.
>
> Well, John nailed it, didn’t he? And all I can say is, John, you have
> fulfilled your destinal gift as well, brother; we’ll never forget the sign
> you have been to us.
>
>
> Jim Troxel
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