I Was Not The Kind

Living Consciously Involves Being Genuine; It Involves Listening And Responding To Others Honestly And Openly; It Involves Being In The Moment.

But Perhaps More Important, As Someone Wishing To Make A Comment Or Two About Contemporary Life And Values, I Don't Have To Dig Through Libraries Or Travel To Exotic Lands To Arrive At A View Of Our Modern Situation Refracted Through The Lens Of The Preindustrial World, Or The Uncommercialized, Unfranchised, Perhaps Unsanitized-and Therefore Supposedly More "authentic"-perspective Ofthe Third World. Very Simply, This Is Because That "other" World, As Alien As If Separated By Centuries In Time, Is The One From Which I Came

I Come From A Great Family. I've Seen Family Life And I Know How Wonderful, How Nurturing, And How Wonderful It Can Be.

My Father Was A Poor Man, Very Poor In A British Colonial Possession Where Class And Race Were Very Important.

Since I Couldn't Actuate The Things That I Wanted To Do, The Only Weapon I Had Was To Say No.