Leading from the front issuu

GUIDED TO BECOME
MORE EMPATHETIC
by grandson travis magill
On Wednesday mornings Pat occasionally goes down
to the Napier District Courthouse to observe the trials,
looking for creative ways to provide some form of support
to those that have never had any proper help before,
and also to observe the judicial system in action.
When Pat was in hospital for a couple of weeks for an
issue that he has now overcome, he was unable to attend
the court trials. None the less he didn’t let that get in
the way. He asked my sister Jerri and I to go to the court
house in his place. At the time we probably didn’t realise
this but we weren’t just there to observe the trials and the
judicial system, we were also being guided by Pat to become
more empathetic and further instill the values to the
next generation that a community needs to stick together
and help one another, even in unordinary situations.
One of the most common phrases I have heard in my
life is a quote from Pat that goes; “If you can’t fix your
own backyard then you can’t fix the world.” In this analogy
the backyard is Napier and Pat has always had an unconditional
love towards Napier and all of her residents.
Above: Jerri and Travis Magill on duty for Pilot City Trust at the Napier Court, when Koro Pat was in hospital.
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