Doreen was invited to the Jung Center's gala (ie, big fund-raiser) this evening.
I had to go, too.
They had Cokie Roberts as the main attraction.
The speakers started off painfully. Did you know that Jungian psychology consists of new age platitudes and pretensions? Well, according to what the director of the Jung center here said, that is exactly what it consists of.
But it got better once we got past the tributes and self aggrandizement.
Cokie Roberts, to no surprise, is an excellent speaker.
She talked about her books, and her mother (who lives on Bourbon Street! Across from Pat O'Brien's!) and her great aunts (4 women, 9 husbands between them)
Her theme was “Untold Stories” (which I guess is a Jungian thing. I certainly wish that the director of the center had left his stories untold) and she was focusing on the stories of women in the course of the development of the country. All very good.
For you Brownies, she spoke of the current president of Brown, Ruth Simmons. A Texan, who lived for some time here in Houston. Also the first African American president of an Ivy League school.
Her comments, when she was invested in the position, resonate true:
“...a job is a job is a job. But, a life is something that is just too short. Live a life that you can be happy with.”
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