"Being shown respect is powerful medicine." Wow that is true Willyoman. All of these posts are great, should be part of the required reading for this forum I think.
Growing up, I always respected the elders more than anyone else. Teachers, doctors, school counselors, they didnt have the truth. The elders did. Thats the way I was raised, so thats what I thought.
Yes, some of them were regular guys, but definitely those who had no position on the outside were Big Shots in the Hall.
I forgot to mention some of them in my area wore a little Watchtower pin on their tie, one elder still does at every meeting. He keeps a photo of himself and Jaracz from 30 years ago in his pocket and shows it all the time.
BF