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George, You wrote: > It has also forced me to look, unblinking, into the > mirror of self-revelation until I see myself as I am. > I too see seeing myself as I am as a gift, in part because I have chosen to. I also beleave that, in so far as it has contibuted to my self-knowledge, PD is also a gift*. At various times and in various ways it has been suggested that I am either a fool or a saint for having this point-of-view. Hopefully I am not a fool, sadly I am not a saint. What I am is someone who sees a gift as something received, unrequested, which contributes to my eventual good. The trick is in learning how to recognize a gift when it presents itself (this ability is a gift in itself). Of course those who do not see self-knowledge as a desirable aim, or who may have already acheived it by some other means, will be hard put to find anything good about PD. Finally, I would be happier if whoever is bestowing these gifts would keep in mind that however grateful I am for this chance to grow, I would rather pay any costs myself. The current system spreads them to wide. Dennis. * (as witness my poem "I didn't come here for this", posted to this list some month's ago). ++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 47/10 [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ ++++++++++++++++++++