Runtu He dressed like a biker Old Friends UK

Runtu : / http://proza.ru/2023/11/20/908  / he dressed like a biker…  Old Friends… UK

Runtu : I finally caved /  http://proza.ru/2023/11/20/908  / and got a Facebook account.

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Мой друг :
Пиши, дыши Cвободой Pазговора,
Что Cердце говорит Tебе в Tиши.
Когда друзья Tвои Bокруг и Весел Мир,
Что Cоздан для Тебя и Вдохновения.

Мой добрый друг :
Будь Cчастлив, говори.
Пиши, живи НАПРОПАЛУЮ Чувств.
Будь Pадостным, Tерпимым и Возлюби Врагов.

Мой друг :
Что Смертным за Награда -
Писать с Oглядкой и Xодить бочком.
Будь Cчастлив в доброте людской,
Которая Бессмертием Зовётся.

ПРИПЕВ: Здесь Oстровок Cвободы для Тебя.
Мой добрый друг, будь Cчастлив, БЕРЕГИ.

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     It’s been fun to reconnect with some old friends and family members.

And it’s been funny how many times someone
has sent me a message asking, “Are you Runtu?”

Last night I found an old friend with whom I worked at
the BYU Writing Lab when I was an undergraduate many years ago.

                He did not look like a typical BYU student:

 he dressed like a biker, and he had long hair past his shoulders, which he would tuck inside a hat when he was on campus.

 But he was one of the kindest and most interesting people I have ever met.

We were taking a literary theory class together,
and I would always come away from Heidegger
and Lacan et al... a little intimidated.

And then I’d come in to work, and Brian would want to talk about it.

At first I thought it wasn’t fair that I had to talk to someone who was so intelligent that he just absorbed philosophy and semiotics, but an odd thing happened.

As we talked, Brian would help me see that I had understood what we had read, and he gave me the opportunity to express what I thought about it.

I can’t tell you how much our conversations
 helped me believe in my own intellect.


A few years later I was working at the Church Office Building,
and Brian had gone off to Seattle, I think, for graduate school.

One of our mutual friends told me in very sad terms that Brian had, in her words, left the LDS church.

One thing I had admired about Brian was his practical approach to Mormonism. He knew it didn’t exactly fit him, but he managed to make it work.


At the time I was really saddened to hear this,

as I fully believed that he was forfeiting a lot of real blessings.

These days I look back and wonder why it took me so long to figure out what Brian and so many others have discovered about Mormonism.



I’m a little jealous of people who
saw what the church was at an early age.

It took me forty years, and I’m still dealing with
a lot of the pain my exit has caused me and my family.

But I’m happy he has found his own way.

Brian is teaching at the University of Utah,
and I hope he’s doing well.

It sounds as if he is.

At least he doesn’t to hide his hair anymore.



2023 - Авторская Журналистика : Hео-трансцендентальный театр : " Великолепная Семерка Блистательных и Великих Женщин Мира " - из творческого круга Рудольфа Нуреева: Личное Общение и Опыт жизни этих Выдающихся личностей помог мне прожить счастливую жизнь на Западе и в России : I - Наталия Дудинская - Россия - / http://proza.ru/2006/04/14-309 / - II - Галина Уланова - Россия - / http://www.proza.ru/2017/09/15/442 / - III - Элизабет Тейлор - Англия США - / http://www.proza.ru/2017/09/26/1006 / - IV - Матильда Кшесинская - Россия Франциия - / http://www.proza.ru/2017/09/16/461 / - V - Тамара Карсавина - Россия Англия - / http://www.proza.ru/2017/09/25/1381 / - VI - Марго Фонтейн - Панама Англия - / http://www.proza.ru/2017/09/29/228 / - VII - Лаурел Мартин - / http://www.proza.ru/2017/09/28/894 / - Австтрия Австралия - Iouri Runtu: French : Rudolf Noureev : La Mort a Paris / Юри Рюнтю : Russian / Uri Runtu: English / Canberra ACT Australia : 2022.

2023 : Telegram : Runtu, Uri TikTok : Автор : Юри Рюнтю - / http://www.proza.ru/2006/04/14-339 / Журналистика: Русская Литература Дальнего Зарубежья : 21-век Австралия / Ryuntyu Yuri RU / Australia Media 2018 / Media are the collective communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is either associated with communication media... / Iouri Runtu: French / Юри Рюнтю : Russian / Uri Runtu: English / Canberra ACT Australia : Hео-трансцендентальный театр : 2022.