When problems arise, look for opportunities
I'm neither a Quaker nor a Guilford College graduate, but I had the privilege of serving on the Guilford Board of Visitors for several years. We were confronted with an incident where a student had stuffed the ballots to ensure the election of a favorite candidate for a special annual award, and it was discovered.
The board sat together at a table in utter Quaker silence. There was perhaps meditation, contemplation, prayer and serious thought. What I do recall about the long-ago event was that it all seemed to be quietly resolved with no rush to judgment.
Watch Super Bowl coaches Dungy and Smith. Despite all the violence on the field, they are a quiet picture of dignity, serenity, civility and leadership. Winston Churchill said to see an opportunity in a problem.
Tom Ward
Greensboro
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Watch Super Bowl coaches Dungy and Smith.
They are neither 'Quaker nor Guilford College' graduates either. They are born again Christians.
Posted on February 2, 2007 9:44 AM