At the risk of overloading the discussion, I want to point this list
to an interesting follow up article in the Washington Post. It is the
transcript of the online question and answer session that Gene
Weingarten led after the original article was published. It addresses
some of the questions and issues raised in our own discussion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/04/06/DI2007040601228.html
Weingarten wrote that many people responded to his article saying
that it made them cry. He asked why this was. Here is one of the
responders:
Washington, DC: "I'm one of the criers. My first answer is I don't
know why I did. After further thought, I realized that we Americans
or really people in general rarely do what's really important,
instead we waste our days doing things we don't like, just to meet
ends meat. We give up our dreams just....well I don't know why. Maybe
because we are scared. I work on the Hill and I think every day what
it would be like to pack it all up and move to California and make
wine. I want my life to have meaning and even though I get great
meaning from my relationships, my work and my busy pace really
sometimes makes me sick. I think the tears are from not knowing
what's important and not using our important time on this earth
wisely."
-Randolph Peters
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