[Fredslist] The key to success ...

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From: Fred Klein [mailto:FKlein at kleinzelman.com]
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 2:03 PM
To: Odey Raviv
Cc: Shelley Simpson, Esq; fredslist at gothamnetworking.com
Subject: Re: [Fredslist] The key to success ...

I agree!
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On Jan 29, 2021, at 12:12 PM, Odey Raviv <dr.odeyraviv at gmail.com<mailto:dr.odeyraviv at gmail.com>> wrote:
 Shelley,
You are a fantastic storyteller!
You made Esther come alive on the page. I was thrilled again while reading your report!
You are such a great resource to all of us in your mission to connect us all and find the good! You live Esther’s lesson!
Best,
Odey

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On Jan 29, 2021, at 11:40 AM, Shelley Simpson, Esq <simpson.shelley at gmail.com<mailto:simpson.shelley at gmail.com>> wrote:

Last night Gotham members and guests gathered on Zoom for what was supposed to be a discussion of the documentary “Four Seasons Lodge.” That was the hook, we got way more than that! We had the privilege and benefit to hear from an amazing woman who clearly has the key to enjoying a successful life.
Esther Geizhals, the mother of Ben Geizhals (Healthcare Attorney and Gotham General Counsel.) was in the film. She shared some of the background behind the bungalow colony she was part of in the Catskills. If you have not seen it, check it out.
After a bit about the Lodge, Fred Klein asked Esther to tell about life before Four Seasons Lodge. She began by saying that sometimes she wishes she didn’t have vivid memories. At 91, she is the only one left from the Lodge … how lucky we are to be able to learn from this remarkable human being.
And so she began…
“I have had a wonderful life,” she said.
September 1, 1939, the Nazis invited Poland.
Forced the leave school in 5th grade at age 10 to go to work for the Nazis; taken by cattle car to the concentration camp where her parents and little brother were killed; spared the ovens by a stranger who grabbed her hand; head shaven and left on her own, hunger, cold, death march, and ultimate escape from the Nazis after years living through unspeakable horrors.
And then …
“I have had a wonderful life,” she repeated.
She continued: How lucky she was, how kind people were to her. “How can people can be unkind? It makes no sense.”
We learned how she came to America – a place about which she knew nothing. How she told the consulate she would be thankful to come to America; how he filled out her forms and told her America would be happy to welcome her.
She talked about her 51 year love affair with her first husband, Ben’s dad, with whom she came to this country as a 17 year old girl.
Asked how she could maintain her trust and love of life after all she went through, “It’s ME! How can you be mean?”
“Want the doormen to be nice to you? Talk with them  - be nice.”
“I have had a wonderful life,” she said yet again.
We learned about Sidney, her second love, also widowed, who she had to pursue because of his reticence. “Women should learn,” she said. “I took control, “two lonely people should have some good years together.”
What would she do differently? “I could do without the war?” she said with a chuckle.
It was Sidney who told her she would be a wonderful teacher. And that’s exactly what this remarkable woman is - a teacher on a mission. She goes to schools and shares her story with kids and loves being with them.
And when she spoke of her own children, grandchildren and great grandchildren … her joy was palpable.
 “I have had a wonderful life,” she said.
Esther is clearly on to something.
The secret to a successful life – the key to happiness – she shared it and added a little something extra.
“Be kind and you will get ahead … wear your mask.”

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