 |
 |
Dennis, You and I are on the same wavelength. Thanks for the kind words. As for PD, if it weren't for the honor of the thing, I'd rather it would just go away and leave me alone But we are not all John Miltons who have the gift of knowing the unknowable, e.g. Paradise lost. Question? What was God doing before the Creation? Answer: Being interviewed by John Milton. 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/ >++++++++++++++++++++