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'ru RN " (40/22 F? 4llellMlllltMh A m. _- Edll8ii$illllllkallllMlli' Allt Lace There ik no magic in this. It midst that match; live fer within our limits, our rtree are damped, our draught: are checked, we energize below our optimum. Beheve n or not, as William James has tolcl no. we all have deep reservoirs of talent, ability, even genius that we habitual- ly fail to use simply been” we have not been pushed out of our comfort zones and pruned against the boundaries of our known abilities. If in numbing you went " much to do and you know 1t is right, so for it, stay with it 117,','ll will find the Rory you need will nigh}- IPW at new}; tinge. Geoff Fellows 054nm: the Human Reoource Development Insulate, Tel. 6 3-0283, providing efeetioene" training for (Mamas and Industry As adults. we become lees adventurous and attempt fewer things and therefore must remind oureelvea of two things: I) We should not hold back from something we want very much to do, just because we feel we dont have what it takea. Beeauseyouiillneverkmmuntilrrsutrr. 2) We should learn to watch for those unexpected fltuheg which, for a time, raise us far above our norms] ability and give us a wonderful sense of our own possibilities, when we are able to latch onto that mysterious power that seems to run through the entire human race. I guess the on? people who don't amnion this sort of thmg are those w o simply never had occasion to reach beyond themselves for answers they do not know. This is what we should remember in times of adversity, to see them " ope?r,tun1t"y to ttirrwe.r..yltat 'T are rgally Tpable of dgipg. The chances an that you have experienced this phenome- noryanditeadetmtpattt!ean.demdjratrrtudelWtedinie, Thiswasnostrartgertouaaaehildren,whmtmostotour m": ttgtg Virginie. gentile? we had tter; t j e ' I our ttune or town . I ardmcthatcfny'fdiditHdidifl'mnottomudIomof triuytph.a? surpriged delight ttttt we had the ability to do it. The same thing applies to all fields, of endeavour, inch? the world of business. People who strive to make a better p " net or produce a better service find themselves overcoming dif. 'at/tle" with the same flashes of latent ability coming to their a: _ Emerson sad much the same thing; ”margin: the effect that when you have something to say that n saying you w1ll_find the way to say it. The point she was making 15 that each of us can Ctnd resources mthm ourselves that we would not normally suspect wasted And we can only rmd them when we attempt some- tlung ddfieult, or what seems to be beyond us. You can find a source of genius that lies dormant until called upon by great need. MISS Buck took no credit for this bnllmncc winch so often a pears in her writi . ' She ytLr1. a §obe_|_Prize gr literature and 'lhitzer Prize for She won a Nobel Prize to'r Maxim}; GG her book The Good Earth In 1932. I have been reading a talk once given by a great American writer. Pearl Buck. She talked about her youth, much of which was spent 1n China with her father. But the most interesting thing that she sad - 1n fact, the whole point of her talk as far as i'm concerned - was that when she finally began to write and got absorbed 1n what she was doing, she frequently sur- Ksed I??? mth flashes of talent an brilliance she didn't ow s e a We can rise . . above adversities PERSPECTIVE CANADA'S Whoifnrrnv distinguished career in the prec- tice of lor, in the military, with his family, end in the greater community at large. Even the Padre of puns, the irreverent Jim Robertson, stayed with the tribute tour, and an. nounced to everyone on hand that Jack has been made an honorary life member of the Westmriunt Golf and Country Club. Not mutt. ing to totally wsste the opportuni- ty at the podium, Robertson did dispute the quoted longevity of Harper's Westmount member ship. Ind tdtered that he's been there so long. he “helped clear the Miami Committee of we he', Radii-makin-ears-t but none materialist}. Sputu- atta-kartooktotheiodium 'utiupe-etmmtariratrmts and Jack's funily (wife Mary, nonsJimnndGeorganddnugh- at Sunni Palmer) and warmly 1?ok.et8thtrnan, udhialnng Everyone had a blast (many of us more than our share in the course's diabolical sand bunkers), and the University of Waterloo School of Accountancy was the big winner on the day, reaping net proceeds of $40,000 to set up a $2,500 annual scholarship in Harper's name. The day was co. sponsored by UW and Cowling, Strathy and Henderson, the kit. chener legal firm where Harper is eurtently Counsel. A veritable who’s who of the K- W business and tinane world (these who golf, that ia) no on hand, timt to endure tho MC.- nndinn Open trendy-y of the Abbey poem, then to “lute ttie,ttdtt',ter,t'tttr “on & Andean “the and father of politics and the Conner- vntive Putty in Western thttar. io." Ends up, we all took shots with Jack in the Jack Harper Golf Classic at Glen Abbey golf club, then paid tribute to the Tbyear. old dean of “almost everything that counts in K-W" at a post- tourney dinner reception at the Abbey's clubhouse dining room. Here we thought folks in " were heading down to Oakville last Thursday to take shots at Jack Harper in a movie trib ute to the countless contribution the local lawyer has made to his country, his community and the legal profession. Rick Campbell Chronicle Staff More toast than roast at Jack Harper Golf Classic 0ops,isomeotuttgotitail (Bowling Stuthy Ind Render. son sonic pm Gordon fun. denon landed Harper for having a ‘hmrhblo and unrivnlled capacity for friendship" and other University of Waterloo and vice- chair of the K-W Individual Gift: Committee for the univenity'e current fundraiaing campaign He ha: been practiaing law in K. W lime 1948 after a dietin- guiahed career with the Canadian am diving World War II. He ie a pan " Cltlaeu of the You» (1975) and in 1997 waa boomed by the Government of Canada with the Centennial Medal fa- hie aignitkant and ongoing volunteer aarviee to the community. Hie tmtritrutiom are on many, sight qreeha" - required to touch on the varioua impact Jack baa made. Harper wae delighted by the appearaneeof honorary chairman Walter Bean, when own tribute at Win 1991 Harper hlmaeli' spearheaded Said Bean: "Through it all, he (Jack) is a great friend and one who you can always count on." Wright, I prodigy of Harper's within Conservative ranks and voluntariam, praised his mentor for having urock-hard principles. ...giving blunt, direct. honest " vioe..and for having the keeneat aenee alright and wrong, coupled with having the coolest head at Tune tt In Turn it up We when “should know to try to hit the mailer one." Bar. per, in acknowledging than in attendance, waathrilledthatKit- chem Mayor Dom Cardillo and Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnbull amid "join in the faiivitiel with- out necessarily getting up to the podium...” [AM won low gross honors forthcday. ahooting an 80...Much praise went in the direction dorganinera, eapedally chairman Gordon May, War ne Haney and Nancy Bail...UR atudant voluntar- alao We a tipottuhttttitttsirmekonthe day, and their would and ener- getiedaett-1iaiairtgwithtmt nay participants. They - ex- cellent amhmadon for their asthma-Jamal: Bdte'sgolfgatm,notedthat 'ometoestrrehtrknomtutagolf trxtllitsttninehandaquarer ,he"rsltrdeatt_8,000ki. NotatLimofthodnywu 'uruhrmrrerirshirthank mWaanW'IRoquow- Ken u'um, sAiili'ta 7min; family with I whiny unique gift, I mvcnir mounted plate of the 18th hole It Abbey, I lee tltht both Mm Ind I!” More Terry Wilder, Jack Web er and UW'a Roger Downer added an; lining. Long-ting friend apitt4i,-tdnra-t