A Quotation: Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart (unknown).
A Person: They say that the action slows down for the best race car drivers so that split second decisions flow easily. Our friend Al Hickey has comparable powers in a crisis. I saw him in action as Director of Marine Operations at SEA. As some get spun up in a charged situation, it’s often the calmer and more thoughtful players that are capable of the most deliberate action.
Al is not afraid of the heavy lift as evidenced by his work as a logistics coordinator for Doctors Without Borders in the African bush near South Sudan and in a trauma hospital in violent Port Harcourt, Nigeria. His “day” job is managing operations aboard icebreakers for the US Antarctic Program. Last year, he was given an award for his role in rescuing injured fishermen from a burning vessel in the Ross Sea.
When I am faced with a major crisis back home, like the DVR didn’t record a program or the gas pump wouldn’t read my debit card, I think of Al and thank him for the good work he is doing.
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Connect with Al because he is a Citizen of the World and loves a good lobster roll: hickeyal@yahoo.com
We didn’t send it out by email because it wasn’t strictly a “Two Things” but our remembrance of the great Charlie Leighton is here if you didn’t see it.
