From: suzych@swcp.com   
      
   > Just us, being ourselves, fulfilling our place in the world and making   
   > it a better place for each other.   
      
   Oh, ho, you are -- a Zen Buddhist!   What is "Buddha mind?"  Chop   
   wood, carry water.  I was just in a bookstore browsing a book by an   
   American who became a Zen master who eventually decided to   
   be in the world by working for and with the homeless.  I think it's   
   called "Zen Cooking", and it's about "making the best meal you can   
   with the ingredients at hand".  I liked it a lot (and these are a group   
   who managed to pull together a project rehabbing a building with   
   the labor of homeless folks who now live in it and own it themselves,   
   so this is real help, not just making yourself feel good -- chopping   
   real wood, I guess, that you can really make a fire with to cook a   
   meal).   
      
   > We can pick on lawyers next !!!   
      
   Don'cher dare -- I'm married to one for going on forty years now,   
   and there's a reason for that.  Although I must say, he's a lot happier   
   now that he's more or less retired from the law and is studying   
   mediation, so . . .   
      
   > Sorry, I didn't mean to rant. Please do not think that I am putting   
   > down your beliefs - I admire and respect people of faith - I wish more   
   > people had convictions as strong. Don't let my not believing as you do   
   > get in the way of our becoming friends .   
      
   Not a chance.  All that's required is a sense of humor and some mutual   
   respect.   
      
   > Thanks again for sharing.   
      
   Oh, aye.  Why not?  We tell each other stories to try to pass around   
   what we've learned in the world, in hopes that others may find something   
   useful in that as we find something useful in what they have to tell.   
   >   
   > Be well, and have a great evening.   
   >   
   > Alistair   
      
   You too (thunderstorms here -- that's fine, I like 'em).   
      
   Suzy   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)