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THIS IS THE STORY OF A LIFE'S JOURNEY.
Gordon Wise was born the son of an agriculturalist in tropical North Queensland. His father went on to become Premier of Western Australia, but Gordon's own life path proved to have its own adventures, including service in World War II as an RAAF pilot in Coastal Command over European waters.
Through what some might see as an accidental encounter, he had discovered a faith in God at the age of 17. This led to him committing his life to working towards moral and spiritual re-armament for the world: a commitment to trying to find God's plan for all our lives.
A Great Aim in Life is the story of travels in five continents, meeting union leaders, employers. prime ministers, presidents, journalists and religious leaders, and often bringing together people who would otherwise never have met-whether in Liverpool, London, New York, Calcutta or Manila. It tells of staying with a Buddhist Abbot in his Thai monastery and later introducing him to the Pope; of flying in the Berlin Air Lift and over the jungles of Vietnam and Laos; of two personal interviews with Churchill; and of hosting a Chief Rabbi and a Roman Catholic Cardinal. It is a story of enduring friendships and personal challenges, and of learning about leadership, responsibility and humility.
Gordon Wise now lives with his wife in East Sussex. The adventures and personal discoveries he recounts in this book culminate in not only learning how to pass on a life's work to others, but also in rediscovering life itself.
ISBN:2880375134
