Maybe fifteen or twenty years ago I remember someone asking me who my hero was. And I didn’t have an answer. There were people I admired, or learned from, but no one who, in my mind, qualified as a “hero.”
The idea of a hero seems almost quaint in these sophisticated, over-informed times. Everyone has a flaw, everyone is morally questionable. Everyone in the public eye wilts under the burning glare of the always-on information stream and unrealistic expectations.
Walking with Justice, by Dr. Mollie Marti, stares into the sarcastic glare and outshines it.
In brief, Mollie served as clerk to Federal Judge Max Rosenn (1910-2006), and Judge, as she and countless others called him, became more than just a legal mentor to her. The book uses Mollie’s own stories from her time with Judge to illustrate how he carried compassion and justice not just on the bench, but throughout his personal life.
This book gave me hope. It gave me hope that there are indeed heroes in this world. It gave me hope that there are people of deep love, compassion, caring and integrity serving in many areas of our society.
The stories told, the lessons drawn from those stories, and the profound sense of love, devotion and integrity is transformational.
You can get the book here: Walking with Justice.