[Ansteorra] Morgan's Observation

[DonnelShaw at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/23/2003 11:32:09 AM Central Standard Time, 
iainmacc at juno.com writes:

> Not to disagree with anything said here, but keep in mind that
> Word Fame carries a different weight with different people. I do not wish
> to sound like I am belittling what the Crown and the Nobles do, but... 
>     When I am at an event, I tend to go around and see if there is
> anything needing to be done, find out what the event staff is having to
> "crisis manage", and pitch in. More than once I have hurt the feelings of
> friends or family by not being available to visit with them, because I
> was working. They have gotten used to this over the years.
>     Yes, being praised to all and sundry for your work is nice. Yes,
> I like getting presents. Yes, being respected and looked up to far and
> wide could have its good points. But all of them put together are not a
> match, for me, to seeing that harried Autocrat be able to go from
> "immediate crisis" mode back to just having his/her hands as full as
> he/she had expected them to be, for them to actually have the time and
> energy to say to me in passing on their way to yet another job, "Whew.
> Thanks. I think we have a handle on it now."
>     When a fighter comes off the field with a face the color of a
> Centurion's cloak, and unexpectedly finds me waiting for him with a
> frozen towel...well, nothing he can say is as high a praise as watching
> his color return to normal. No, I take that back. It is higher praise
> still when he comes to me later and asks for a frozen towel, so he can
> take it to *someone else* that is overheated.
>     Praise and recognition are good, but not as good as the
> camaraderie of a team.
> 
>                                     
> In Joyful Service,
> 
>                                      
>    Iain MacCrimmon


I Word Fame can have many different level and I tried to give an examples of 
that. Thank you for adding to that list. 
Donnel