<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4144"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4146" class="">This from John Updike. Certainly fits my sadness. Jim Wiegel</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4144"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class=""><br></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4144"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="">Perfection Wasted <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4148" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4150"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4152" class=""><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4154" class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4156"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4158" class="">And another regrettable thing about
death <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4160" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4162"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4164" class="">is the ceasing of your own brand of
magic, <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4166" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4168"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4170" class="">which took a whole life to develop
and market -- <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4172" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4174"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4176" class="">the quips, the witticisms, the slant
<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4178" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4180"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4182" class="">adjusted to a few, those loved ones
nearest <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4184" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4186"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4188" class="">the lip of the stage, their soft
faces blanched <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4190" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4192"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4194" class="">in the footlight glow, their
laughter close to tears, <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4196" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4198"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4200" class="">their tears confused with their
diamond earrings, <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4202" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4204"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4206" class="">their warm pooled breath in and out
with your heartbeat, <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4208" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4210"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4212" class="">their response and your performance
twinned. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4214" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4216"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4218" class="">The jokes over the phone. The
memories <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4220" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4222"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4224" class="">packed in the rapid-access file. The
whole act. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4226" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4142"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4141" class="">Who will do it again? That's it: no
one; <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4230" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4232"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4234" class="">imitators and descendants aren't the
same. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4236" class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4238"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4240" class=""><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4242" class=""> </o:p></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441914409828_4130">
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#yiv4770188302 </style><div><div class="yiv4770188302WordSection1"><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> So Gordon, I have just finished re-reading your witness, and every one of the responses to date to share with you in this amazing life journey we all share. I had to wait until I had read all the rest because I had not had the connection through all those years that others had with you, and all over the globe it seems. It does occur to me that our first encounter may have been at one or more of those Academies in 1968 to 1970, or one of those summer Research Assemblies in 1970-71. And after that some of those Area meetings in San Francisco, and a few brief encounters through the ToP network.</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> The standout memory comes from 1992 when you and John Oyler facilitated FOOD FOR ALL’s expansion plan with 30 or 40 people from food company executives to nonprofit directors and grassroots volunteers, our Board of Directors and staff, and left us with a plan that we of course had to implement, and long-story-short, eventually led to our merger with the Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger, now called “Making Change” that has raised close to $100 million for anti-hunger and other causes. So you can add that to your list of catalytic facilitative offerings.</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Linda has had more inter-actions with you through the ToP network and I am sure will be adding her comments to enter the collegium of your life-eventfulness. Meanwhile, I’m not that far behind you. Thanks for allowing us all to share these last few (hopefully) years with you.</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Peace, Milan</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">P.S. I searched through all my photo archives and this is the only photo I could find of you, from Millenium Connection 2000 in Denver</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><img id="yiv4770188302Picture_x0020_1" width="389" height="200" src="cid:6uWutJZfDovJVYdMXiHj" data-id="331743fb-e5e8-4c63-23ca-b1d0513866fb"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><img id="yiv4770188302Picture_x0020_2" width="390" height="297" src="cid:SSEqQETQR66dy75vI1lQ" data-id="f8326dd0-53a8-0066-26d8-c0ec781718f5"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Milan Hamilton</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">aka Mellowmilan</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">80 North Center Street</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Redlands, CA 92373-8116</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Phone/Fax: (909) 793-4482</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">E-mail: mellowmilan2@gmail.com</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Mellow Milan’s Musings Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.mellowmilan.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1;">www.mellowmilan.blogspot.com</span></a></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Mellow Milan’s Blog2: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.mellowmilansite.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1;">www.mellowmilansite.wordpress.com</span></a> </span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv4770188302yqt4741898833" id="yiv4770188302yqt17762"><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> OE [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gordon Harper via OE<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:19 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> ICA/OE List Serves <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>; Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Oe List ...] A Very Brief Collegium</span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"> </div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Beloved Colleagues --</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Few of us, as the end of life approaches, get the chance to speak directly to anything like our whole community. It appears that I have that opportunity, and I’m taking advantage of it.</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Last week, after two months of medical testing to find out what had suddenly landed on me and drained me of my strength and usual energy, Roxana and I got the diagnosis. It’s a rare form of fairly fast moving (typically two months to two years) leukemia, called CMML. There’s little to be done to treat it, especially in someone my age (about to be 79). I'm getting good medical care and have a fine local support community here in Seattle.</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">First of all, I want you all to know that I am at peace with this, as is Roxana. My life--in good part because of you--has been rich, crazy, wonder-filled and a unique and unrepeatable journey with the Mystery. And no one knows better than you and I how to celebrate both our being here and the completion of our journeys.</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I am taking this rare chance to express to all of you how much you’ve meant to me over the years--as the amazing collection of individual nobodies we are that rode out like the Man of La Mancha to throw our beings into the challenge of bending history. More than that, you all contributed your own weird and special gifts, neuroses and idiosyncrasies to the makeup of our corporate life and community, all over the world. Without you, there’d never have been such a community; so thank you, thank you, thank you. </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I hope to be able to chat with at least some of you individually or collectively over the time remaining to me, through one of the dizzying array of communication tools at hand today, and give you a little abuse. (What else would you expect from me? And please--do return the favor.) We’ll see how things work out. In the meantime, this note will have to stand for my salute to all of you, my heartfelt gratitude for your having been and continuing to be who you are and for that remarkable webbing and mission that connects us.</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">The peace of God is yours this day --</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Gordon </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"></span></div><div><div class="yiv4770188302MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt4741898833" id="yqt03611">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">OE mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>