Review: Destiny of a Running Horse

Dear Professor Chang,

    I have now read every word of your 249-page, inspirational book, Destiny of a Running Horse, and my admiration for you and your lifetime of achievement is higher than Mt. Everest. All your sacrifices and superhuman work ethic create an image of a role model we mere mortals could never match. Two words come to mind--paradigmatic and nonpareil. I consider you an intellectual giant with humility and a profound respect for the dignity and worth of every man, woman and child struggling to survive on this beautiful blue planet of Earth. You warmly embrace all creatures and epitomize the vision of Jefferson's declaration that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, including golf, fishing, love of family, truth and beauty.

    In high school I had the night watering job on our little nine-hole golf course that cost me $2.50 a season to play. I walked all night changing the sprinklers on the greens while communing with night birds, crickets and croaking frogs and, if hot weather dictated, came back the next day to wet down the edges of what to me was holy ground and remains sacrosanct even today.  The sight of a giant rainbow trout breaking water with my French Mepps #2 lure in its mouth gave me an unbelievable thrill as I waded up the Arkansas River in Colorado under the towering peaks of the 14,000-foot Collegiate Range.

    Soul brother may be a presumptuous expression, but I have never felt closer to another human being than I have with you as I read your incredible journal of your journey through a richly rewarding life.

Gratefully yours,

Dave