[Magdalen] Safely arrived

[James Oppenheimer]

http://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-the-holy-sepulchre/

In case anyone's interested....

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:42 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to
> find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong
> wall."
>
> This reminds me of a photo I saw in BAR.
>
> In Jerusalem, church affairs are based on agreements forged by the Ottoman
> Empire. Certain domains are specifically assigned to certain faiths, and in
> the standoff between these feuding and hateful disciples of Our Lord, the
> boundaries are rigidly and spitefully adhered to.
>
> So it is that due to an arcane division, established many moons ago, it is
> virtually impossible to repair a window in certain churches without getting
> heads of state together to hammer out an agreement of who does what. And
> because of this, a ladder has been leaning against the wall next to a
> church window for decades, undisturbed, because moving this ladder would
> constitute the incursion of one domain into the boundaries of another.
>
> Then, one morning, some wag looked up and saw that the ladder was moved,
> and now leaned against the wall on the other side of the same window. BAR
> helpfully published pictures of the ladder before and after the mid-night
> switch.  It only meant the ladder had moved about ten feet, but it caused
> quite a firestorm.  After a while, one morning, it was found the ladder had
> quietly been returned to its former silly position.  And the world was once
> again a safe place.
>
>
>
> Other thoughts on the quote:
>
>
>
> "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
>
>
> "If you don't know where you're going, you'll probably wind up someplace
> else."
>
>
> both of these quotes can be attributed to the man who for years wrote
> nothing but small items to place in blanks at the end of news articles, the
> venerable Phillip A. Space.
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting
> your time on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> So glad it was so smooth... my opinion of the Atlanta airport has gone up
>> a notch!
>> Lynn
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is
>> leaning against the wrong wall."
>>
>> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "ROGER STOKES" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:26 AM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Safely arrived
>>
>>  I think it was quicker than Houston last year, let alone the agony of
>>> JFK the year before.  The lines were relatively short and the whole thing
>>> seemed efficient even if the machine had problems reading my fingerprints.
>>> I just have to remember not to confuse the locals with the facts if they
>>> start getting political.
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:21 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Safely arrived
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy arrival in the USA *again* !  I'd say that doing anything,
>>> especially coming through customs at the Atlanta airport is possibly a
>>> miracle! (no fan of that airport here : )
>>>
>>> Have a wee dram and go to bed and may you wake up to adventure
>>> tomorrow... all good, of course!
>>>
>>> peace
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>
>>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is
>>> leaning against the wrong wall."
>>>
>>> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "ROGER STOKES" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:13 PM
>>> To: <Magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: [Magdalen] Safely arrived
>>>
>>>  in Atlanta and in my room at the hotel.  I got to the room 90 minutes
>>>> after the wheels touched the runway which I reckon was good going.  We were
>>>> delayed leaving London, first by four passengers who did not show at the
>>>> gate and then there were delays with Air Traffic Control because of the
>>>> remains of Hurricane Galvano.
>>>>
>>>> At Immigration I was asked if I had used that passport to visit the USA
>>>> before (yes) so I was then inducted into using the electronic passport
>>>> system before proceeding to the friendly DHS man and wait for my checked
>>>> case.  Transfer to the Domestic Terminal and then transfer to the hotel. It
>>>> was all much quicker than I had feared but it's been a very long day and I
>>>> am going to wet my whistle before getting my head down.
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>>
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