Episode 6

What is it like for you when you learn the “backstory” of a person, entity or event, and it gives you an entirely new perspective? If you learn something positive, it seems to draw you closer to that person. But when the new perspective is negative, sometimes you can walk away feeling fooled or taken advantage of. These days we project our story onto various types of social media, and those who follow us tend to judge us from just that one perspective. We control much of what they see. But what if they knew our “backstory”…our reality? Would they feel more drawn to us or fooled based on what we put out on social media? In Episode 6 of Thoughts on Walks, we talk a bit about the backstory of Elbert Hubbard. We learn a little more about the dark cloud that hung over him in the final chapters of his life, and most certainly became a part of his legacy, and that of the Roycroft. I’m not sure how I would have taken this story if I watched it unfold as his contemporary. Yet, looking back through the lens of history, I still feel drawn to him and his story in many, many ways. Listen in as we wrap up the Elbert Hubbard story. I also share a little snippet from witnesses who saw Hubbard and his second wife Alice in their final moments. So now that you know what Paul Harvey would call “The Rest of the Story,” what’s your opinion of Elbert Hubbard? I’d be very interested to hear your take in the comments. Thanks!