Robin,
A quick reply before I leave to go study . . .
This is a snippet from one of my favorite books. It will explain a great deal about
what I want to say . . .
"I know what you're thinking, Ender. You're thinking that I'm trying to control
you just as much as . . . the others."
"It crossed my mind."
"Welcome to the human race." Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you
can do is choose to be controlled by good people, by people who love you. . . ."
We are all a collection of the people and events that form our experiences. From
the first humans and animals we encounter as we are born to the strangers we meet on
the street . . . we are pieces of everyone.
I once read a book by a professional psychologist. He had formed a theory about the
way we interact with others. It is called the "sphere theory of interactions."
Each person lives within their own little sphere. On that sphere, we paint the
pictures of our lives. When we meet another, all we can do to communicate is to
look at their pictures and try to interpret what we see with what we have drawn on
our own sphere.
When we listen to others, as you are when you read this, we are influenced in
certain ways. What I try to do is to dissect what I learn from others and decide
what I want to assimilate within myself . . . and what I don't.
So, when you communicate with others, listen to them and learn from them. Examine
what is good . . and what is not. Determine what is logical . . . and what is not.
Understand what is beautiful . . . and what is not. Then, when you finally know
that person, you come to love them . . . and you can choose to make them a part of
you . . . or not.
A little thing . . . but rather profound.
This, as far as I can do for now, is what I have to say. I didn't get a chance to
read all of this message, as I am heading out the door. I printed out your msg and
will read it later. I will try to reply to the rest of it tonight.
Till then,
your friend and philosopher of life,
Scot
Her Royal Highness Robin wrote:
> I ask this one question. If I am supposed to be myself with people, how do I know
> I am really being myself without using ideas that I have had pushed onto me? The
> answer is
> unknown to me. Yes, you can answer this question but then you are doing just what
> my questions asks. It Is your idea on things and even though you are not trying to
> push them onto me you are indirectly doing so?
Oh yes, your poem was beautiful . . .
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