Power to Live
Tom Minner
July 1, 1980
Last January, shortly after Nelson Rockefeller died, I read an article about his career written by David Broder. He is a reporter for the Washington Post. and a man highly regarded for his knowledge of politics and politicians. I was astonished when I read the article, for it was not what I expected at all. The headline read: "A Sense of Incompleteness." and the story said that Nelson Rockefeller's career was incomplete and frustrated. Can you imagine that'? Here's a man who was heir to one of the greatest fortunes in the country who rose to become governor of New York and then to become vice president. And the story said Rockefeller was frustrated. I didn't believe it. I have a friend in Washington who is also a reporter, and who wrote about Rockefeller when he was governor of New York, and then covered his activities in Washington while he was vice president. I took the David Broder article and showed it to her. I asked her if it was true. She thought for a long minute, and she answered simply: "Yes." By the standards of most of us. Nelson Rockefeller had everything a man could want in life. He had great wealth, important friends, positions of power and authority, and thus he had great influence. In fact, he had everything. Everything, that is, except what he wanted most. Nelson Rockefeller wanted most of all to be president of the United States, but he was thwarted every time he tried to get his party's nomination to run. Thus, to reporters who knew him, Rockefeller was a frustrated man. This happens time after time. No matter how much we have, no matter how greatly we are blessed, it never seems to be enough. Just one more pay raise. Just one more promotion. Just a little bit bigger house. It never seems to stop. Even if you ...
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