No legacy is so rich as honesty.
About this time of year, 44 years ago, my father enjoyed telling a joke. He did so for several weeks, until the joke was no longer funny. The joke went like this.
Bradley Moore Allen "People often ask me who the new Pope will be. Do you know what I say?"
Unsuspecting human: "No, what do you say?"
BMA: "Italian."
On 16 October 1978 Monday, my father no longer thought that joke funny. St. John Paul II became the first non-Italian Pope in 455 Gregorian years. Ninety-nine percent will read this and say ‘So what?’. They’d be right. Most never understand. One percent do, not the monied. Not the educated. Not the informed. Not the traveled. Etc.
perhaps the wise
To understand, must one be me? Must one have followed The Great Game for more than an iteration? One must be wise.
Information is datum.
Knowledge is information.
Experience is the implementation of knowledge.
Wisdom is the ability to transcend.
My father was no more a god than I. Of course, many children think their fathers gods, particularly after they are gone. My father said many things, many of which my siblings remember. My siblings often fail to appreciate the context, not because they don’t understand, but because, at least until recently, they didn’t want to understand. If not for my Japanese skills and law background, I doubt I would. My siblings share neither.
Douglas Harold Allen & Debora Elizabeth Allen
61 Pelham Road, Brighton, New York, United States
On 15 November 2022 Tuesday, the eight billionth human will arrive. There ought to be eight billion religions. No two Catholics practice identical Catholicism. My father was an atheist. Even atheists practice a religion of disbelief.
CE 2023 September 06
Solon Township, Michigan, United States
Your denial of the godliness of Mother Nature might be your religion. Mohammed might be your god. Amaterasu, whoever. My point is, everyone has religion. Not everyone admits to having religion.
Bradley Moore Allen
01 May 1928 ~ 19 December 2021
14 March 2021
628 Faulkner Street New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida, United States
photo credit 感謝いたしますよ。
Like a scrotum, [t]here it is in a nutshell
Who's my pope?
1. Malik el-Shabazz
2. Bradley Moore Allen
3. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
4. Bantu Stephen Biko
5. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
6. Abraham Lincoln
Great Bradleyisms
Wait patiently. Work like h__l while you're waiting.
Regarding the Bible, his, yours, mine, whichever
It’s a living book.
edited CE 2024 June 15
