I'm reading Henry Bushkin's Johnny Carson (published in 2014). Henry details his role (essentially as Johnny's Silas / Jiminy Cricket) as Johnny's entertainment attorney for +/-15 years of his life / career. Johnny hired Henry within a period of interpersonal/ interprofessional vacuum (no one to trust) just as his second marriage was failing marvelously, and in spite of Henry's youth / inexperience, Johnny trusted him deeply from the outset (timing is everything).
It's an absolutely provocative read that I highly recommend. Johnny's life was so much better lived / professionally successful with Henry in tow. And arguably, so was Henry's though Johnny's philandering ways did eventually negatively impact him (to his own marriage's detriment).
It's important to note that Henry's memoir regarding Johnny wasn't published 'till almost a decade after the entertainer's death, and that it was truly only he who was qualified to narrate those fifteen pivotal years of Johnny's illustriously lived life.
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There's a newbie Samson brother who's attended "Transparent Training Union" (which I host Sundays at 5 PM CST) consistently for +/- one month. This dude, I also had the privilege of formally introducing Samson Society to via my Saturday morning newcomers' meeting (last month).
Yesterday, (3/16) during a short "TTU" after meeting, he sincerely asked the remaining Samson men for advice on choosing a Silas.
Sitting there watching this man take Samson Society - combined with own recovery - so seriously, was incredibly humbling to witness.
There're so many men who step into a Samson Society newcomers' meeting, tell their stories, perhaps attend one or two meetings prior to quickly drifting away. And I'm used to witnessing that and I suppose I should expect it. But it's so rewarding to see the opposite occur on occasion. For that was my story. I seemingly had no other choice than to fully commit, and I was so grateful to have been presented with that opportunity.
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What this man will find, once he does select a Silas (& I've no doubt he will eventually follow through), is there's a good chance he'll serve him with similar passion / attention as Henry Bushkin served Mr. Johnny Carson.
In closing, early on in their relationship, Johnny Carson "recommended" that Henry install a red phone in his office, and that phone was to be his private line directly to Henry / Henry's secretary (remember this is decades prior to the invention of cellphones).
I couldn't help but smile at this reference.
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