We read his book about Haiti and have it here but parts of it were just to painful to read. He was a fantastic guy who did wonderful work and really really cared. There are few like him.
Hey Jonathan - I think Farmer himself might say that you're not excused from reading something just because it's painful to read :-) Yes indeed, he was a fantastic guy. But too, he would say - rightly - that the fact that there are few like him is not his problem, i.e. that any of us could be like him, each in his or her way, and indeed should be. Whether we're brilliant or talented or fortunate enough to attend Harvard Medical School is not within our control, but whether we're attentive and compassionate and willing to invest our selves and our resources in helping repair the world is.
Hey Ethan! Just spotted you here. I am totally new to Substack and didn't realize that it was also a message app. Hello! Guess I should start putting writings up here too. Do you get Robert Reich' posts? His piece on Trump today cheered me up quite a bit. There will be s lot of resistance to his policies ..
Ethan thanks for sharing.
We read his book about Haiti and have it here but parts of it were just to painful to read. He was a fantastic guy who did wonderful work and really really cared. There are few like him.
Hey Jonathan - I think Farmer himself might say that you're not excused from reading something just because it's painful to read :-) Yes indeed, he was a fantastic guy. But too, he would say - rightly - that the fact that there are few like him is not his problem, i.e. that any of us could be like him, each in his or her way, and indeed should be. Whether we're brilliant or talented or fortunate enough to attend Harvard Medical School is not within our control, but whether we're attentive and compassionate and willing to invest our selves and our resources in helping repair the world is.
Hey Ethan! Just spotted you here. I am totally new to Substack and didn't realize that it was also a message app. Hello! Guess I should start putting writings up here too. Do you get Robert Reich' posts? His piece on Trump today cheered me up quite a bit. There will be s lot of resistance to his policies ..
It would be good to have another talk about what to do and where to go with the book next...let me know that you see this please xxx