May 21, 2012

Only an Epiphany Will Do

-Sam Doctors

January 24, 2011

 

We are sure that only an epiphany will do -

That some transcendent moment is required,

That a mystical experience is prerequisite,

That a shattering wind must part a mountain,

That a terrible trembling must cleave the earth,

That a tornado must slash through town and farm,

That a tempest driven fire must consume tree and house.

 

Never seeing the still small voice

 

In hanging clothes to dry in the noonday sun,

In sweeping the walk to collect stray leaves,

In planting daffodil bulbs at full moon in winter,

In kissing a child goodnight, or at leave taking,

In the rests between notes of a Chopin Sonata,

In the calms between the ocean crests,

In the lingering light as night descends,

In holding each other before sleep, recounting the day,

In the murmuring that fills spaces between.

 

Still we remain certain only an epiphany will do.

 

 

 

Prof. Doctors has held teaching positions for thirty-five years at the Harvard Business School, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School, the Univ. of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate Business School, the Haas School of Business at the Univ. of California, Berkeley and most recently at California State Univ., Hayward, He is the author and co-author of nine books, more than a hundred government sponsored research reports and more than fifty published articles, many in refereed journals. Prof. Doctors received his Doctorate in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School (1969) and he also holds a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the Harvard Law School (1967) and became a member of the Massachusetts Bar in 1967. He retired from active teaching at the end of December 2004.