GO EXPLAIN. A PASSION FOR PLANES....WAY BACK WHEN!
Some people are born with a lifetime calling.
My husband, Saul, had a passion for building model airplanes at the age of 8.
The passion never left him.
After World War 11 the aircraft industry opened up.
When he left the army Saul went straight into aircraft.
He spent 50 years with Bombardier, designing real planes.
"DEPRESSION YEARS WERE NO TIME FOR DREAMS"
The husband of a friend of mine always wanted to be a journalist. But it was depression days.
All able men ....and boys .....had to go to work.
He had to work in his parents business to save it from going under.
He never let go of his passion.
When he retired, the first thing he did was to go down to the local paper with all his secret writings.
And applied....
He was accepted!
"HIS GREAT CHARISMA DID HIM IN.....ALMOST!"
Dennis was a fellow classmate of mine at law school.
Tall, handsome, great energy, great smile!
He was hired easily by one of the top law firms.....
and he was unhappy,
He was placed in Corporate Law.
It made perfect sense for the law firm.
Given his great charisma, Dennis would be a natural to attract clients for the law firm.
But Corporate Law wasn't for Dennis.
His energy drained from him.
His great smile left him.
His friends in the Labor Law section decided to step in.
They gathered round him.
"Come join us Dennis, you'll love it with us in Labor Law.
More action than paper!"
Dennis joined them and found his calling.
The energy came back. The great smile was back.
He was a natural in Labor Law!
"Thank you, my great friends!"
"PAIN, SUFFERING, AND MY MOTHER'S UNSHAKEN BELIEF IN ME PAID OFF!"
He was born into a distinguished family.
His grandfather the founding Dean of Law at UBC.
His uncles lawyers.
His mother ran a successful company.
But he had inherited genes: His father's anxiety and his mother's dyslexia.
It interfered with his learning at school. "He's dumb!"
His mother never stopped believing in him,
paying for pedagogical developmental support and hiring tutors.
His mother's belief in him stayed with him all his life,
as he struggled through adolescence and young manhood.
Janitor, Doorman, Dishwasher...
But he never stopped learning.
His mother's unshakable belief paid off.
He discovered his passion!
He found the area where he could excel. And flourish.
Computers!
Dyslexia created trouble in writing and spelling? Big fat deal!
He had that "something" that paved his way to his success
A passion developed by his years of struggle to overcome.
He now helps older clients who weren't born with computers.
He can identify with their struggles.
His brilliance in finding "work-around" solutions is married to a lifetime of being behind the 8-ball.
He has a most valuable capacity to explain the complexities of the computer -
to the distressed and panicky minds of the elders who feel stupid -
With the patience of Job!
