John, Let me rewrite that properly:
The promise of joy existing somewhere else is very foolish. Marsha On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:30 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > John, > > The promise of betterment existing someplace is very foolish. > > > Marsha > > > > > > On Jan 6, 2010, at 1:11 PM, John Carl wrote: > >> Marsha, >> >> I have to go work, but I'll sit down tonite and let my fingers fly over the >> passages promised. >> >> In the meantime, to whet your appetite... >> >> "in New England, if you are moody, you may wish to take a long walk out of >> doors, but that is not possible at or even at most seasons. Nature may not >> be permitted to comfort you. In California, unless you are afraid of the >> rain, nature welcomes you at almost any time. The union of the man and the >> visible universe is free, is entirely unchecked by any hostility on the part >> of nature, and is such as easily fills one's mind with wealth of warm >> experience. >> >> >> Now I must feel that such tendencies are of vast importance, not merely >> today, but for all time. They are tendencies whose moral significance in >> the life of California is of course both good and evil, since man's >> relations with nature are, in general, a neutral material upon which ethical >> relations may be based. If you are industrious, this intimacy with nature >> mean constant cooperation, a cooperation never interrupted by frozen ground >> and deep snow. If you tend to idleness, nature's kindliness may make you >> all more indolent, and indolence is a possible enough vice with the dwellers >> of all mild climates. If you are morally careless, nature encourages your >> freedom." >> >> >> Mea Culpa, >> >> John >> >> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:12 PM, John Carl wrote: >>> >>>> I'm reading Royce's history of California right now and boy does he have >>>> some interesting insight into the way an environment forms the individual >>>> and society. Reading his description of the attitude you get from living >>> in >>>> a place that isn't trying to kill you half the year is quite amazing. >>> His >>>> description fits me to a "T", and his contrast with the New England >>>> Individualist and the California individualist made for some fascinating >>>> reading that I'm itching to share with Marsha. >>>> >>>> Lessee, it's gonna be 62 degrees today, I hope the rest of y'all are >>> keeping >>>> warm where you're at. >>> >>> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> I'm interested. >>> >>> >>> Marsha >>> >>> p.s. The high temperature here today was 24-degrees. >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >>> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
