My humble pie is served with the realization that I am not raising kids. I suspect all of you guys doing that walk more walk in any given day than I manage in a month.
--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > It's disheartening, dude. Like you, I've sat down > > > and had long conversations with "common folk," > > > many of whom were illegal immigrants to the US or > > > France. During my lifetime I have had conversations > > > with bums, with whores and pimps, with a murderer > > > (who was a TMer, by the way), with atheists and > > > with total materialists. Not ONE of them was any > > > less "spiritual" than any of the "spiritual" people > > > I've met in over 40 years of spiritual seeking. And > > > to be honest, most of them were nicer people than > > > the people I know who consider themselves spiritual. > > > > Are you, do you think, a nicer person than the > > people you know who consider themselves spiritual, > > Barry? > > > > <snip> > > > Wasn't it Jesus who said something about a man > > > being measured by the way he treats "the least > > > among us?" > > > > He also said, "And whosoever shall exalt himself > > shall be humbled." > > > > I'm not sure you'd want to be measured by how you > > treat people, actually. > > > > My observation is that most people who walk the walk don't advertise about it. IOW, for > every Curtis whom you know about, there's myriad non-Curtises "walking the walks" > whom you never hear of and WILL never hear of. >
