People In Germany Are Very,

I Just Don't Seem To Be Capable Of Believing In Evil As Some Separate, Distinct Power Within Itself. I Guess I'm Just Not A Southern Baptist Or A Fundamentalist. I Just Don't Seem To Be Capable Of Believing In It Myself, Somehow. I Don't . . . I Can't Conceive From My Experience How This Force Of Evil Can Exist Without The Force Of Love Being Right There.

I Certainly Do Attempt To Live According To Spiritual Principles. That's Always The Foundation Of Each And Every Day. I Have Experienced Some Things In My Life That Just Force Me To Believe In Some Sort Of Power. A Creative . . . Creative Power Source; However You Want To Phrase It. I Certainly Have Experienced That Presence. And I Have Experienced What I Consider The Basic, What We Would Call Love And Concern.

I Have Rituals For Cleaning Out Resentments, Disappointments, Heartbreak, Depression And For Work. One Of The Things I Do Is Go Over Old Stuff If I Have Been Unable To Write For A While.

One Of The Things I Have Become Aware Of Through The Years Is How Much I Love The People I Write About.

All The Energy Of Their Frustration And Fear Going Into Their Laughter.