My maternal grandfather – Earl Lee Robinson and his wife Margaret Jones-Robinson were distinctly characteristic people. To this day, my grandmother's influence on my life remains unequaled. I am grateful that her entertaining and entrepreneurial spirit was so strong that it not only resides in me but also in daughter.
I recently came across a map called the The Robinson Projection. Like my grandparents, this map is unique and does not fall perfectly into any known map or form category. The Robinson Projection is not conformal; shapes are distorted more than they would be in a conformal projection.
The primary purpose of the Robinson Projection was to create accurate and visually appealing maps of the entire world and because it is different, unique and non conformal, it is more exact and greater in its portrayal of water to land ratio.
So -
The lesson of The Robinson projection - and my Robinson heritage is that I don’t have to be like “all” but to be my own unique, different and non conformal self and in that accuracy, I will gain greatness.
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