Michael Webb
Thanks to everyone who helped plan the 50th Reunion. It was good seeing everyone again.
Someone once said 'May you live in interesting times'. Those of us from the classes of 1967-1969 certainly lived through interesting times as we moved through high school and into our lives beyond. We have seen many things that we could not imagine when we sat naively in the auditorium at old BHS and were sent into the world. In the words of the old song by the Statler Brothers 'We all thought we'd change the world through our great words and deeds' (Class of '57). We have all made a change in the world or at least in a small corner of it; even if we have helped on child, one less fortunate person, or maybe in some greater way. We continue to make our mark on the world, even as our day is moving into the sunset. We do it through our children and our grandchildren who we taught to 'take a stand and make a mark' through their actions. We should all be proud of what we have accomplished.
Several of our classmates told me that they enjoyed my quotes on this page. I thank them for noticing. So I leave you with one more; a poem that I have used as a guide through my life, through the good times, the bad times, the easy times and the hard times. Enjoy
'Gayly bedight, a handsome knight in sunshine and in shadow
Had journeyed long, singing a song in search of El Dorado.
And, when his strength failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow.
'Shadow,' said he 'Where can it be, this land called El Dorado?'
'Over the mountains of the Moon, down the Valley of the Shadow.
Ride, boldy ride the shade replied if you seek El Dorado.'
Edgar Allen Poe 'El Dorado'
Let us all continue to 'boldly ride' and never give up the search for El Dorado. See you in five.
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