My Father Sam and the Power of Prayer
April 5, 2009
<!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align:none; punctuation-wrap:simple; text-autospace:none; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> After my father, Sam, had his heart attack, his recovery and went back to work, he decided that he wanted to take another sales trip. I was not working with him at the time and my mother was worried that he was traveling alone and they both asked me to go with him. He decided he wanted to go to the Dominican Republic because he thought there was business there.
I had never been to the Dominican Republic before, didn’t speak a word of Spanish, and wondered how we would get by in a country without a business guide or consultant. This was more or less 30 years ago and I didn’t know the type of courage and heart my father had for doing unorthodox things which would have stopped other people but didn’t stop him. This lesson in doing something and not being totally researched or goggled out was a great example of total entrepreneurship.
When we went to the Dominican Republic he began teaching me about how to sell, how to sniff out new products, how to price, to encourage people to buy over objections and how to speak from the heart. I asked him a million questions and he kindly responded to each one. We began to form a close business relationship which would last until his passing in 2006.
The trip to the Dominican Republic gave as a fresh start and for me a new start in business. I learned to trust his judgment as he learned to appreciate a different point of view that I brought to his business. The week we stayed together set up a relationship that grew deeper as years went by. We were able to begin to talk about our belief in a higher power in the Dominican Republic and that conversation was a threat that was developed throughout both of our lives. He didn’t talk about the fact that he prayed often and that the power of prayer was important to him. Prayer was his other method of reducing stress and he explained to me how he prayed and I listened and respected him for it. He did not tell many other people about his prayers because he knew that many people make fun of personal prayer and pray ritualistically.
The trip to the Dominican Republic has made all the difference in the world to me. My father, Sam, and I established a close relationship, sharing many private moments, that we never told to anyone. His underlying support was crucial in moving on from a relationship that was detrimental to my well being.
Ira Dressner, PCC
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