Something About Know How

I learned about bad guys from the Lone Ranger and

John Wayne.

I learned about friendship from Charlie Brown and

Captain Kangaroo.

It was Bugs Bunny and Beetle Bailey who taught

me how to laugh.

I learned a few tricks and received some delightful

treats going door-to-door in my neighborhood on

Halloween.

I was taught what injustice looks like from To Kill

a Mockingbird, what equality means from Martin

Luther King Jr.

I learned to cry when a bully kid punched me in

the eye, when my Grandpa from Chicago died.

I learned what it felt like to be mocked then cru-

cified from Jesus Christ.

I was taught how to read and write by Mark Twain

and Ernest Hemingway.

I learned about humility from Gandhi and Mandela,

found out about lies, dishonesty and cruelty from

Hitler Mussolini, Stalin and Donald J,

learned about bravery from Francis of Assisi,

Sgt. York, Audie Murphy and Rosa Parks,

learned about vision from Helen Keller,

compassion from Mother Teresa,

learned how to bat from Stan the Man, how to

catch from Curt Flood and Willie Mays.

I was taught how to box and stand up for what I

believed from Mohamed Ali,

learned comedy from Larry, Curly and Moe, satire

from Bruce and Carlin, poetry from Bly and Angelou.

It took my mother, my father, the parish

priest, a teacher, a friend and a guy who never liked

or believed in me to tell me, no, not now, not ever..

Although it was not always easy, I learned about love

quite naturally.

It took me damn near a lifetime of learning and

inspiration to press on and try again.

Chris Hanch 10-2-19