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Glenn Mitchell: A Great Mind, a Good Heart
http://www.kera.org/radio/GMS/
Glenn Mitchell made a difference. He didn’t like it when you told him that, but it was true. Glenn did what he did because it was how he was, not because he would be influential. He opened minds and made destinies, though it wasn’t his motivation, just a perk of the position.
If there was one word that that encapsulated Glenn Mitchell it was humanist. Glenn embraced the Socratic dialogue, the ideal of learning through conversation. He broadened minds and shifted visions through banter. By his choice of topics, you could tell Glenn believed we were going somewhere as a species and he was glad to be along for the ride. These were things to be celebrated, man’s ability to reason and innovate, the curiosity that underlies all science, the creativity that leads to the arts.
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We can all carry on the sprit of Glenn by remembering to stop and investigate those things that pique our interest, rather than always rushing along. Look past the mammalian politics of any issue to find the human core. Understand that a big part of what makes us human is our need for play. Feed your brain great heaping spoonfuls of interesting things every day and keep it well exercised. Be kind to dogs and take good care of your heart.
I still reel in sadness at Glenn’s passing and will miss sending out notices on his show each week. Words can’t convey the deep compassion so many feel for his friends and family, his KERA colleagues, and his wife Susan, who was my editor at the Dallas Observer. Keep the prayer candles lit for them and hold them tenderly in your thoughts.
If it’s true that "Small minds talk about people; mediocre minds talk about events; and great minds talk about ideas," then Glenn was undeniably a great man. On this day of Thanksgiving, I am grateful for Glenn.
Glenn Mitchell: September 28, 1950 - November 20, 2005
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