Comments on: A short story about Phil

By: U.S. debt

U.S. debt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:38 +0000

Nice story. Sharing this to us make us realize that there are still people that are willing to give themselves to give inspiration even to people that are strangers for them. Phil's life is really an inspiration to everybody.

By: kari

kari — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:57:53 +0000

Thanks, I hope this story will inspire people as much as it inspired and still inspires me.

By: kari

kari — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:22:50 +0000

Well, e-mail and digital cameras did also a play small role helping Phil to fulfill his dad's wishes.

I guess I saw last of Phil when I saw him walking with his cane to a different connecting flight terminal at Heathrow.

I don't know, Phil told his story to pretty much everyone who he got to listen. After me, he tried to tell it to a young Indian girl, who was pissed that she couldn't get her frappuchino through security. "To tell her that it's all about respect", he said to me, telling that he got his orange juice just by being nice to the security guys… I wouldn't be surprised if someone else has the presence of mind to suggest a charity. Or, most likely, someone has already suggested that it at a different gate at a different time.

By: Toby Berster

Toby Berster — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:41:05 +0000

awesome story:) we hear too little about people who really change someones life.. and with me i mainly mean myself.

thanks for sharing this short encounter of yours with a total stranger!

By: Vincent van Wylick

Vincent van Wylick — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:59:16 +0000

I think you're right about the super-small technology part, I was looking and looking… out comes an electric piano, finally

But it's great that you posted this story. Phil followed a thread throughout his life, the legacy of his father, and made people happy. Now, towards the end of his life, he wants to pass the legacy to someone new. You probably aren't in touch with him anymore, but I wish you'd have told him to set up a charity or something, just for the purpose of sending someone over. Because what really enabled him to go over to Kenya once a year was not just his belief-system and the airplane, it was in a large part that his father left him a lot of money to do it. That's the sad part of this story, that only part of his legacy is being passed on in this blogpost.