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7 People To Have Dinner With

This is a sidetrack to my usual thinking, but again, I have been inspired by my fellow bloggers to think and learn about blogging, writing, dreams and life in general. So I was thinking, if I had to limit it to 7, who has inspired me to view my the world the way I do, and what if I can view their world through their eyes? I would love to sit down an talk to these people to ask them questions about their view of the world….and I also had to think about where I would want to have dinner (or lunch) with them to have this discussion.

7. Ronald Reagan. I would invite him out for a lunch in the foothills, on horseback. We would sit down, overlooking the Ca coast with the golden hills dotted with oak trees. We would talk about his acting career, (is it really as glamorous as it seems), his political life, (was it really as easy as he made it seem), and what was his favorite part of being president. Being president would be an amazing job.

6. Jane Goodall. I would ask her to lunch on top of a canopy in the jungle. We would overlook the forest and nature. We would talk about her research with the gorillas, what is the most important thing she has learned, and what about the “civilized” world she misses the most. I guess her answer to the last question would be “I don’t miss anything”. I would like to live among the gorillas….I think I would feel safer.

5. Galileo Galilei. I would ask him out for midnight snack under the stars where we would see the milky way as clear as day, and the aurora borealis paint the night sky. I would ask him if he could live in today’s world, with the knowledge we have gained about our existance among our universe, would he? I would talk about what inspired him to see the world differently than anyone else of his time. Also I would ask him, who inspired him. I would like to go to the moon….I think he would too.

4. Jonas Salk. I would ask Jonas to lunch in a school cafeteria. The food there is a contentious subject. I would ask him what he wanted to be when he was a kindergartener. Did he always want to be a medical researcher? I would also ask him what he thinks the number one medical problem is for our society today…and how he would try to cure it. I don’t think he would say it is obesity, because there is a cure for that already.

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3. Winston Churchill. I would ask Winston to have dinner with me on the shores of Normandy. I would ask him how he felt about all of those men giving up their lives for his vision of the future world without Hitler. His belief was so strong, so focused, so undaunted. He knew with all his heart and soul that no matter the sacrafice, that the world had to stop the lunatic. I would ask him what lunatic needs to be stopped today? I think he has several to choose from.

2. Rosa Parks. I would ask her to dinner in the most fancy, amazing restuarant I could find. She would probably say, no, and instead pick a corner diner, where you can get a great homemade meal. I would ask her what was the most scary part about not moving off that seat…saying no, or the moment before she said no. I would ask her what still needs to be done to help our world be more equitable, no matter what the color, sex, preference, religion or idealogy. I think she would be happy with how far we have come. I think she knows who needs to not get up anymore.

1. Walter Romaniuk. I would make my dad a nice bowl of borscht with sour cream, french bread and for dessert, a weak cup of tea, with a slice of apple pie and mom’s rum cake. It has been over 25 years since I lost my dad to cancer. I know he wanted 5 more years, but God needed him sooner. I am glad I asked him all the questions I needed to before he died. I recorded his thoughts, life story, ambitions, challenges and adventures. He was an amazing man…not so much for the world as a whole, but for my world as a whole. I would tell him I miss him very much.

Be sure to talk to the people who are important in your life, who have inspired you, who have made you, you. They won’t be around forever, so ask them the questions while you can.

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