Two years ago tomorrow (October 21st), the social financial community lost one of its shining lights, our friend Jon Boorman.
In the year prior, he’d been diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an incurable form of brain cancer, and was given a prognosis of about one year to live.
We cannot possibly fathom what receiving that type of news feels like and I won’t even dare to attempt to imagine it.
All I can say is that when he called me on the phone and broke the news, I couldn’t keep my composure and cried like a baby. Amazingly, by this time Jon had already come to peace with what was happening. Jon, like me, was a fan of Stoic philosophy, and I can’t even begin to describe the awe I had in Jon as he seemed to face down this impending tragedy with amazing calm and acceptance.
One of the great blessings for Jon and his family was [Read more…]