"So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time. But when the pollen again guilded the sun and sifted down on the world she began to stand around the gate and expect things. What things? She didn't know exactly...The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman".
This has been my favorite quote because it is simply wonderful. The image of pear blossoms reminds me of the innocence that youth brings. The idea of becoming a woman because her dream has been destroyed is such a complex idea. Much like the pear blossoms and their pollen, Janie has to learn to go with the wind, role with the punches. When the pollen is dispersed through the air, Janie knows that time has run out for love and that she must grow up.
Answer: Mayor Willam Hartsfield was credited with developing Atlanta into the aviation powerhouse that it is today and with building its image as "the City Too Busy to Hate." Hartsfield helped establish Atlanta’s first airport, he was committed to advancing the goal of the city to become the aviation hub of the Southeast. While serving as a member of a subcommittee of the finance committee, he played a prominent role in the selection of Candler Speedway's 287 acres south of Atlanta near Hapeville for a landing field for airplanes. The city leased the Candler site in 1925. Hartsfield believed that Atlanta's future lay in air transportation and took the lead in promoting it throughout his political career.
His aim for promoting Atlanta as an aviation center earned him the certificate of distinguished achievement awarded from the chamber of commerce in 1928 and the reputation as Atlanta's "father of aviation."
When leaders seek advice, feedback, and help to the broader circle of workers, they demonstrate humility and quiet confidence. These are very attractive qualities in a leader. More important, they build trust and inspire mutual success. This is an area where men could learn from women.
