It is quite surreal to now be posting the following early memory on Thinkwriter, as just a few hours ago I shook hands with our former president, Mr. Bill Clinton. Even more interesting to me is that during his speech (given on behalf of his wife), our 42nd president referenced living with his grandmother as a very young boy while his mother attended school in New Orleans to become a nurse anesthetist. As I listened to Bill Clinton's remarks, I thought about his worldview and the memory I had long since planned to post on this blog and discuss next. The following is that memory. If only I could have had more time to speak with him about it tonight...what a treasure that would have been. Bill Clinton remembers...
After visiting my mother in New Orleans for a weekend, I remember seeing her drop to her knees, crying, by the side of the tracks when she put me on the train with my grandmother to go home. I was spending a year with my grandparents, while my mother attended a program in New Orleans that would grant her a nurse-anesthetist’s degree.
Choose Clinton’s worldview from the following four and mark your "ballot" in the poll to the right. (NOTE: Poll has been taken down - with results listed below. The correct answer is in red.)
1.) I see the pain of others. (8 votes - 38%)
2.) I must travel the world. (1 vote - 1%)
3.) I am the answer. (11 votes - 53%)
4.) I love woman. (1 vote - 4%)
Choose Clinton’s worldview from the following four and mark your "ballot" in the poll to the right. (NOTE: Poll has been taken down - with results listed below. The correct answer is in red.)
1.) I see the pain of others. (8 votes - 38%)
2.) I must travel the world. (1 vote - 1%)
3.) I am the answer. (11 votes - 53%)
4.) I love woman. (1 vote - 4%)
5 comments:
How cool that you were able to hear Bill Clinton speak of the very memory that you were about to post!
When I looked at the possible worldviews, I immediately remembered how often President Clinton said, "I feel your pain," and how that was one of his strengths. It would have been great, though, if he could have felt Hillary's pain, but he seemed tuned out to that. Hmm. I may change my vote as I think this over.
Planning to post this early memory, seeing Bill Clinton in person, and referencing living with his grandmother.....surreal seems too small of a word. I, too, wish you had had the chance to speak with him.
I voted on I must travel the world, but it was a coin toss between that and I am the answer and I can't even say why. This one will be quite interesting.
Nienna,
Yes! How surprising is that? Thanks for voting and reading the blog - I really appreciate it!
Perhaps in his childish mind, he would have been the answer to his mother's pain, if only he could have stayed with his mother. So I vote for "I am the answer."
I have been mulling this over, trying to get inside the little boy, seeing it from his perspective. I think he does see the pain of others, but even moreso, he might think he is the answer to ease that pain. So I'm going to agree with Annie, and change my vote to "I am the answer."
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