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A couple of days ago someone, a man, related to the Listserv an incident =
that had happened in a boy's changing room of a gym. He accidentally =
hit a young boy and I remember the ending as "I couldn't tell you who =
sobbed more."
I was deeply moved by this story. I think it hit me quite hard and I =
pushed delete before I had given myself the chance to identify the =
feelings, and before I had the chance to properly respond. It was a =
shared experience which deserved a response. I let it go too soon, and =
as a result I have no name to direct my response to.=20
So, to the man who showed such courage and sensitivity in the relating =
of his story, thank you. I can't get the incident out of my mind. I =
read this today and I thought it appropriate:
"We are the subjects of our own narrative, witnesses to and participants =
in our own experience, and, in no way coincidentally, in the experiences =
of those with whom we have come in contact........" (she goes on to =
speak about the process of writing specifically) And to read imaginative =
literature by and about us is to choose to examine centers of the self, =
and to have the opportunity to compare those centers...." Toni Morrison
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to examine and compare my own =
center with your experience.
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story. I think=20
it hit me quite hard and I pushed delete before I had given myself the =
chance to=20
identify the feelings, and before I had the chance to properly =
respond. It=20
was a shared experience which deserved a response. I let it go too =
soon,=20
and as a result I have no name to direct my response to. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>So, to the man who showed such =
courage and=20
sensitivity in the relating of his story, thank you. I can't get =
the=20
incident out of my mind. I read this today and I thought it=20
appropriate:</FONT></DIV>
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witnesses to=20
and participants in our own experience, and, in no way coincidentally, =
in the=20
experiences of those with whom we have come in contact........" =
(she goes=20
on to speak about the process of writing specifically) And to read =
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literature by and about us is to choose to examine centers of the self, =
and to=20
have the opportunity to compare those centers...." Toni=20
Morrison</FONT></DIV>
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and compare=20
my own center with your experience.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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