Replying to LO25807 --
Dear At,
I must make the confession that I have taken to lurking. This has been a
busy time for special education in winter-y Michigan...I have been
"immersed in practice".
My own perspective on your description, At, of the affinity cells require
to exist, and to avoid executing their own time-bombs was filtered through
a maze of Holiday messages and in a background of "I'm Dreaming of a White
Christmas." (And yes, the presents are all snug in their wraps and
commerce is alive and lurking, too, under our fat green-sprayed Yule
trees...regardless, at times, of our beliefs.)
What I heard was wonderful, threadbare, simple, poignant description of
what humans might tacitly feel, especially in the current Season. What
you wrote, At, would not be at home between the pages of a 'store-bought'
Holiday Card here in the good USA; but it made my Good-Will-Towards-Men
genes do handstands and retreat a little bit further away from lighting
their fuses: That there May be more hope than I even thought. That my
congruency reaches into the cellular-biological level where thoughts of
connecting and supporting PEOPLE is supported by my genetic wiring.
Thank you for (at least) MY a-ha!!
This list-serv is magical. Thank you all, and especially, thank you Rick
for your connection. I will, as a resolution, continue to learn, and
learn to contribute. (And I know that Santa has a home-based computer for
me under the tree...I peeked.)
[Host's Note: Thanks, Chuck... I gain my energy as host from responses
like yours. ..Rick]
The very best of Holiday Spirit to you all. This is intended to show
appreciation. ;-) Charlie
AM de Lange wrote:
> I will allow me two short notes:
>
> Thank you for your appreciation.
>
> >Authenticity in showing appreciation follows from a
> >persistent search for a meaningful expression. Such
> >persistence can be gained only when one is convinced
> >that there is always something original to be found in
> >every creation, and thus, one undertakes all the effort
> >it takes to find it.
>
> In cell biology a deep insight emerged the past twenty years. All animal
> cells (insects, fish, birds, mammals), despite their incredible genetic
> diversity, have a common gene with the code MYC which tell the cell: live
> or die.
--Chuck Saur <csaur@remc8.k12.mi.us>
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