{"id":9190,"date":"2018-02-10T21:57:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=9190"},"modified":"2018-02-11T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T20:48:27","slug":"sacrifice-sake-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2018\/02\/sacrifice-sake-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Sacrifice For the Sake of Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/files\/2018\/02\/27629494_10215144880393543_5467083895710119223_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9192\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2018\/02\/27629494_10215144880393543_5467083895710119223_o-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"27629494_10215144880393543_5467083895710119223_o\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">My friend Cass Forkin invited a few friends and me to be her guests at the 50th Annual Four Chaplains awards Banquet at which would be honored as Humanitarian of the Year. Cass is the Director of t<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twilightwish.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif\">he Twilight Wish Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">\u00a0which grants wishes for seniors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Their mission<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">\u00a0&#8220;is to honor and enrich the lives of deserving seniors through intergenerational Twilight Wish celebrations.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Their vision&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">\u00a0is to impact cultural behavior by inspiring the way society views aging to make our world a nicer place to age, one Twilight Wish at a time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">They have granted wishes such as tombstones, dentures, wheelchair and stoves, and adventures such as a cross-country truck ride, having a painting lesson with a famous artist and one I got to participate in, acquiring an autographed photo of Gene Simmons of KISS and four carved pumpkin images of the band members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">I have known Cass for many years and have witnessed first hand the dedication she has for this organization and the ways she puts her heart and soul into the work. She was clearly deserving of the award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">The group that bestowed the award was one I had not heard of but was deeply moved when hearing the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourchaplains.org\/the-saga-of-the-four-chaplains\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif\">story\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">of the namesakes.\u00a0 They were Lt. George L. Fox, a Methodist Minister; Lt. Alexander D. Goode, a Rabbi; Lt. John P. Washington, a Roman Catholic Priest; and Lt. Clark V. Poling, a Dutch Reformed Minister. These men were assigned to the\u00a0\u00a0U.S.A.T. Dorchester, which was carrying 902 men. On February 2, 1943, the ship was struck by a German submarine and rapidly took on water.\u00a0 These four men\u00a0were witnessed offering comfort to the terrified occupants who were plunging into the frigid water. In a supreme act of heroism, they each took off their life vests and gave them to four others. As the ship was sinking, they were seen praying. According to John Ladd, a survivor, \u201cIt was the finest thing I have seen or hope to see this side of heaven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Their legacy lives\u00a0on. In the hotel ballroom were\u00a0numerous military personnel; some active duty and others retired, from all branches and of all ranks. Several were chaplains themselves. For this avowed crunchy granola, left of center, pacifist, being in a room filled with service men and women was a change from that of my customary crowd. I was delighted to hear, not glorifying of war, but a devotion to peace. As the story of the men unfolded before us, I was struck by the winding road that led the chaplains to the pivotal moment. One of them had nearly died at age 12 but lived on to become a hero. Each of them made a conscious choice to enter the seminary and the military. Each of them was assigned to the Dorchester and happened to be on board when the ship was attacked. It led me to ponder the concept of &#8216;meant to be.&#8217; Was it pre-ordained that this event\u00a0occur\u00a0and that the four of them had their roles to play?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">There were others honored with applause who were families of the chaplains, survivors and those who died on that day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">I plan to visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourchaplains.org\/about-the-chapel\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif\">chapel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">\u00a0which located in Philadelphia so I can immerse myself in the energy of such devotion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My friend Cass Forkin invited a few friends and me to be her guests at the 50th Annual Four Chaplains awards Banquet at which would be honored as Humanitarian of the Year. 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