Tuesday night Tom Bleecker invited me to stop by his place to visit with Steve Muhammad, Donnie Williams and Chuck Sullivan before they sat down to dinner. Having met Mr. Muhammad years ago only once, I can't say that I know him very well and I had never met Donnie Williams before, so I was enthralled to be given the opportunity.
Every time I get a chance to visit with Mr. Sullivan it always turns out as time well spent, so once again, great to see Mr. Sullivan. Not withstanding Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Williams being as approachable as they were, they both also have great senses of humor. While Tom Bleecker was up and around getting things ready for dinner, something occurred to me.
During all the talking, joking and listening to and with Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Williams, a moment had arrived where these men had made me felt as if we were all of similar age, experience and intelligence. To their high credit, these very skilled, experienced and accomplished seniors of mine were simply being kind men who were sincerely interested in making everyone in the conversation feel just as welcomed and appreciated as everyone else. At times each of these men would offer up a rich pearl of wisdom to the conversation and I would be jettison back to the reality that I was not amongst just regular men, but great men. The humility that Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Williams practiced with me was nothing short of powerful humanity.
Had you met any of these men on the street, you would never know how accomplished they all are...as they would individually be too focused on making sure you knew how accomplished you were.
Tom Bleecker, my friend, what a wonderful bit of time you shared with me Tuesday night. Thank you.
Sincerely,
WI, SI
UKS
Every time I get a chance to visit with Mr. Sullivan it always turns out as time well spent, so once again, great to see Mr. Sullivan. Not withstanding Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Williams being as approachable as they were, they both also have great senses of humor. While Tom Bleecker was up and around getting things ready for dinner, something occurred to me.
During all the talking, joking and listening to and with Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Williams, a moment had arrived where these men had made me felt as if we were all of similar age, experience and intelligence. To their high credit, these very skilled, experienced and accomplished seniors of mine were simply being kind men who were sincerely interested in making everyone in the conversation feel just as welcomed and appreciated as everyone else. At times each of these men would offer up a rich pearl of wisdom to the conversation and I would be jettison back to the reality that I was not amongst just regular men, but great men. The humility that Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Williams practiced with me was nothing short of powerful humanity.
Had you met any of these men on the street, you would never know how accomplished they all are...as they would individually be too focused on making sure you knew how accomplished you were.
Tom Bleecker, my friend, what a wonderful bit of time you shared with me Tuesday night. Thank you.
Sincerely,
WI, SI
UKS
