EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY The clerk in a posh hotel greeted a small man who asked for a room. The fellow was so unimpressive that the clerk told him immediately no rooms were available. About that some time, the hotel manager came out of his office to the desk, recognized the man and called the clerk aside. He whispered to her that the man asking for the room was Pierre Monteaux, who for years was the distinguished conductor of the San Francisco symphony. The clerk came back to desk, apologized and said, "Why of course we can take care of you, Mr.Monteauxl Why didn't you tell me you were somebody?" Whereupon Maestro Monteaux turned to leave, "Madam, everybody is somebody!" Two lessons. One, everybody is somebody because everybody is a child of God. Two, too many folks fall into the shameful patter of ranking people and judging some as nobodies.