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An inspiring week
Josh and I accepted honors from NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst CEO Israel Rocha Jr., Medical Director Dr. Jasmin
Moshipur and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz
That evening they also honored
Dr. Linda Williamson Perez, who
shared her belief that every day, the
hospital does well, but will always
aim to do better. A great life lesson
for us all.
The Queens Museum has
become a party venue of choice
for Queens institutions. The day
after the Elmhurst gala, Parker
Jewish Institute held its annual
gala there, and I was happy to be
there as a guest.
I can report that both days,
the new caterer Abigail Kirsch,
served superb meals with main
courses of tender filet mignon
with a grilled salmon handsomely
presented together.
As a board member of the museum,
hundreds of new people visiting
the historic site of the Panorama,
the football field-long, scale model
of every building in New York City,
along with the interesting exhibits
of remarkable artists works from
around the world.
Life is truly a big adventure,
and Queens e s Museum useu is s
a great
stop on that hat journey.
Michael Rosenblut and Peter
Seiderman of Parker Jewish Institute
honored John S. Moore of Carrier and
(inset) Dr. Colin Foley.
A squeeze of inspiration
To k
keep up with my life, I
look fo
for inspiration each day.
Fortun
Fortunately, I get my inspiration
through throug
the “Morning Juice”
newsle
newsletter from Investors Bank.
I’d like li
to share with you
one of of
the best items from this
week’s
newsletters:
A Place Pla
to Stand
By Dr.D
Charles Garfield
If you
you have ever gone through
a toll
toll booth, you know that
your r
relationship to the person
in the booth is not the most
son t
intimat
intimate you’ll ever have. It is
one of life’s frequent non-encounters:
You hand over some
of
counte
money
money; you might get change;
you drive off.
Late one morning in 1984,
headed for lunch in San
Francisco, I drove up to one
of the booths. I heard loud
music.
It sounded like a party,
or a Michael Jackson concert.
I looked around. No other cars
with their windows open. No
sound trucks. I looked at the
toll booth. Inside it, the man
was dancing.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“I’m having a party,” he said.
“What about the rest of these
people?’ I looked over at other
booths; nothing moving there.
“They’re not invited.” I had a
dozen other questions for him,
but somebody in a big hurry to
get somewhere started punching
his horn behind me and I
drove off. But I made a note
to myself: Find this guy again.
There’s something in his eye
that says there’s magic in his
toll booth.
Months later I did find him
again, still with the loud music,
still having a party. Again I
asked, “What are you doing?”
He said, “I remember you from
the last time. I’m still dancing.
I’m having the same party.” I
said, “Look. What about the
rest of the people…”
He said. “Stop. What do those
look like to you?’ He pointed
down the row of toll booths.”
“They look like….toll
booths.”
“Nooooo imagination!”
I said, “Okay, I give up. What
do they look like to you?”
He said, “Vertical coffins.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I can prove it. At 8:30 every
morning, live people get in.
Then they die for eight hours.
At 4:30, like Lazarus from the
dead, they reemerge and go
home. For eight hours, brain is
on hold, dead on the job. Going
through the motions.”
I was amazed. This guy had
developed a philosophy, a
mythology about his job.
That man was having a party
where you and I would probably
not last three days.
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The whirlwind season of
galas, conferences and
family celebrations begins
in October and runs through the
first weeks of December.
My son Josh and I were fortunate
and proud to be recognized
by the remarkable Elmhurst
Hospital Auxiliary at their Oct.
17 gala at the Queens Museum.
The hospital in northwestern
Queens is making a huge impact
into the lives of their patients
under the leadership of its CEO,
Israel Rocha Jr., and its medical
director, the remarkably dedicated
Dr. Jasmin Moshirpur.
Together, they inspire and lead
their staff to make a difference
everyday, and they’ve worked hard
to turn Elmhurst into a jewel in the
NYC Health + Hospitals network of
city medical centers.
I’m also so happy to see the
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