*Jack’s Winning Words 9/15/22 “Sometimes struggle gives you the ability to empathize more with others.”  (Richard Bernstein)  Bernstein is a Michigan Supreme Court justice who is legally blind.  Yet, that does not keep him from distance running, besides keeping up with his docket.  One day my grandson met the judge while out walking and he took the time to give advice on the benefit of going into law.   Just recently Richard drove a car on a racetrack (with a guide, of course) and at no creeping speed, either.  The famous statue, Lady Justice, is depicted wearing a blindfold to convey that “justice is blind!”  Bernstein needs no blindfold.  He understands the law in a way that some other justices miss.  ;-)  Jack  FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  how did your grandson know he was a justice? ===JACK:  His picture is regularly in the news...and he happens to live in our area. FROM DANDI SANDI:  ‘Ricky’ Bernstein was my student in middle school. Remarkable young man. He and his family are incredibly resourceful. Much respect.===JACK:  To have been one of the teachers of the judge...what a responsibility; what a responsibility.  I'm impressed.  Would you ride with him in a race car? ===DS:  No I would not ride with him!!!!===JACK:  I wonder who taught him driver ed? FROM SR RD:  This seems incredible, doesn't it?  Have you ever read Le Veugle by John Howard Griffin, a man who prepared himself for his ever-growing blindness,  and this from a French Blind Man whom he interviewed and grew to love and be grateful to for his having taught Griffin so much from experience?===JACK:  I'm living it out. FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Interesting WW this morning! Thank you ☺️🤗💗! ===JACK:  We're proud to have him as a justice of our Supreme Court. FROM GUSTIE:  He must be a great judge!===JACK: FROM SHALOM JAN:  I suppose you already know that the bishop of NWLMI Synod, Craig Satterlee, is also legally blind.  He was the sharpest dresser, and I commented on that to him, when we were at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in the mid-'80s.  He expressed gratitude for not having the expense of a car, car care, fuel, insurance, etc., so he could buy better duds than the usual student could afford.  A positive outlook!===JACK:  I knew that he was blond, but I did not know about the clothes.  Who picked them out?