"Choosing is a courageous act." Improvising in providence. LO24727

From: ACampnona@aol.com
Date: 06/01/00


Replying to LO24710 --

Dear John,

At's and Sajeela's Ways of Learning LO24710 Yours and Mine (LO 24***) and
another we shall not mention...

Hi,

My one thought is that probably the majority of people reading your latest
contribution to the LO list will feel that you have articulated a portion
of what they thought and felt too on the topic of which you have written.
Though I lack the skills to make such an assessment myself, I would think
that everybody on the list could assent to at least one sentence and
possibly more. Maybe it as simple as to suggest that your particular
intelligence and feelings shared today carries a good root of 'common
sense'?

Just speaking 'off the cuff' my sensing offers me the view that you as a
'personality of responsibility' in an organisational setting (your
mantel?) find implementation of theory into practice difficult as
initiation, substantiation and eventual confirmation through the work you
do? My wider sensing leads me to know you are not alone if that was the
case.

I would like to integrate with your thoughts expressed if I can, and I am
'being in the moment creative' here because I am still writing 'off the
cuff'. I have to enter the qualification though (as I expect you may
know), that some 'mantels of work' require the signing of certain
documents that require certain persons to remain 'silent'. In this country
it is called 'The Official Secrets Act'*. You will also appreciate that if
say I happened to be a personal acquaintance of say Madonna, or George
Michael who happenly lives down the road;-), or even for that matter Pope
Gregory XIII who lives we no not whereâ^À¦. it might have a 'nuance of
effect' in much future dialoguing, in the first two cases among young
'surfers of the net' and in the latter, artists seeking papal
commissions;-)

That said then. It seemed to a certain person that a certain strategic
intervention might be made to the advantage of let us say another person
of pedigree and promise, not only to his own legitimate interest
(inter-est) but also that of a entire nation. Five great questions arose.
What, When, How, Where, Why.

The What Ancient 'wisdom', a few lines that which has
            stood the test of time.
The When In the Now of then.
The How A letter. Just enough to carry the few
            courteous lines.
The Where *
The Why What if?

I think I can hear a virtual voice asking the words above, " And?"

 "YES!"

The replies?

Both LONG and SHORT (think long - act short <> think short - act long)

I appreciate or acknowledge this may not be enough ((((((((( : - ))))))))))))))))

What did I both see and feel in the individual predicament that contained
a better way for a larger whole? I saw a whole man with a long lever
amidst the 'noise' of all life looking for a place to re-position his
fulcrum.

The wisdom in a 'nutshell' was to seek that 'pointless point' in the
'(w)hole' in the center of his 'heart' and to know that no sane person
much desires it different and, so 'leveraged' himself I happen to believe
that the future of an entire nation has already altered for the better, if
not the best. But it is for you to define both 'better' and 'best'. I may
already have said too much and have to pay for it as a consequence.

As a sagely person tells it, TIME WILL TELL US.

(but we have to 'be there' and we have to 'be listening' which is just a
form of vision...)

Best wishes;-)

Andrew Campbell

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ACampnona@aol.com

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