WELCOME May 24, 1999 Issue

To Our Readers

William E. Moody

When he was fourteen, Erwin Magoon lost his wallet. As The Boston Globe reported (March 10, 1999), it didn't contain much: some photographs, a movie pass, his library card, a quarter and three pennies. But I'm sure that in 1947 when he lost it, the wallet and its contents meant a lot to young Erwin.

Fifty-two years later, Mr. Magoon got a telephone call. A construction worker had found the wallet during a renovation project at the old school, and somehow managed to track him down. Needless to say, Magoon was astonished to be reunited with his wallet. The gesture of good will, the honesty, and the efforts of the construction worker, however, propably meant the most. Someone cared.

Yet too often we seem to live in a world where many people don't care, or where many even appear to be motivated by greed or malice. They victimize others. People become victims. In this week's Cover Story, the author tells about a time when her home was burglarized and she was confronted not only with the loss of her family's possessions but with the suggestion that she could lose much more. That she could be trapped in the imprisoning mental environment of victimization — that she could be a victim of evil intents and actions.

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