A note about love from Southern Bubba, Ph.D.

I have heard Warren Buffett say that the greatest gift he had was his father's unconditional love.  And Lana Wachowski has said something similar--that it is like winning the lottery.  So many people have said this.  

I have sat in department meetings and other shared-governance meetings and so on. . . .  And while I have sat there, sometimes I have thought about another person in the room, "This person is always fighting.  Everything seems like a fight to them.  Did they never get unconditional love from anyone?"  And I think maybe they didn't.  Perhaps I am wrong.  It is humbling.  I don't know.  

My mother loved me.  I don't know why she loved me.  I don't know why she never abused me.  I don't know why she always treated me with respect and kindness.  But there it is.  I won that lottery.  It's not fair.  There's nothing fair about it.  I did nothing to deserve it.

This is something I wonder about.  Did my students get unconditional love?  Did my colleagues?    Same with administrators and board members.  It affects so much.  

What can I do to make this a better world?

--Southern Bubba, Ph.D.