It's Possible to Learn the Right Thing from the Wrong Person

Have you ever had a trusted guide or a mentor who you later discovered had feet of clay? Do the rumors about Martin Luther King’s infidelities diminish his moral value? Must a person be spotless to be a teacher?

Our focus article, It's Possible to Learn the Right Thing From the Wrong Person, is a personal meditation on this problem.

Personally, I reject the idea that we are all inherently good or inherently evil. I like the Rumi poem “On Tending Two Shops.”

…you see things in two ways.
Sometimes you look at a person
and see a cynical snake.

Someone else sees a joyful lover,
and you are both right!

Everyone is half and half,
like the black and white ox.

Joseph looked ugly to his brothers,
and most handsome to his father...

Please read the focus article and come to the meeting with some personal examples of “ Learning the Right Thing From the Wrong Person”