In an effort to save time and relieve the cramps in my hands from typing since 0500, I will post my responce to Still-a-Hip which he wrote on the Yahoo Board, I am in hopes he will not mind if I do so, considering the spirit inwhich it was writen.
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Straight_Inc_Alumni@yahoogroups.com, "hippie"
<stillahippie564@...> wrote:
>
> woof wrote and called me...i'm almost ready...give me a time table to
go on and i'll make sure i can swing this journey back to the place all
this started for me....
>
Still-a-Hip
I was glad to get a hold of you! I know enotions are running high now,
for you, for myself and for many many others. Your experiance with
Straight is your own. My experiance with Straight was my own. They are
seperate experiances experianced by two seperate beings. If we look at a
larger picture we will see, lets say a 1000 of us had 1000 esperiances.
That is a 1000 different experiances with Straight Inc. Each one varies
with the individuals experiance, and each one is different. Different
due to experiance, due to individual perceptions, due to differnt
"Buildings", due to time spent in the respective "Buildings" and due to
the amount of time we each have been seperate from Straight Inc.
In middle school mathmaticcs I learned of the LCD, The Least Common
Denominator. Our Least Common Denominator is Straight Inc. There is a
tendency for me to forget this from time to time. I remember MY program.
I remember how "I" was abused. I remember the shit "I" went thru. Just
the same you remember "your" program. You remember how "you" were
abused. And you rember the shit "you" went thru. It is obvious to say
that our own experiances resonates thru our own minds and to our own
minds, it does seem to take precedence over anothers experiance. But
lets not for get the LCD, the Least Common Denominator. We all went thru
Straight Inc. It is not in our favor to merely focus on our individual
experiance. We are a collective group of individuals, with a vast amount
of experiances, some bad, some terrible, some horible, some unspeakable,
some that go beyond all I have just listed and bless thier souls, that
have removed themselves from this sphere we call earth.
It is a huge picture to wrap our minds around, we need to hear/read of
each individuals experiance to begin to grasp the Straight Inc.
experiance. This does not imply that as individuals we forget our
personal experiance, but merely set it to the side and allow for others
expressed experiance. Here is where and how I think we can sooth our
high state of emotions now. In the story of the Three Musketers (sp),
there is a line which for whatever reason has stuck with me from the
first time I read the story. That line is; "It is not enough to fight
against something, it is more important that we fight for something."
That is we fight for the greater good, we fight for all!
Thinking along these lines, I think perhaps we can individually calm our
individual emotions. With a clear mind, with clear intent we can make
clear descions that serve the greater good. I, alone, by myself can not
fight and expect the desired outcome. You, alone, by yourself can not
fight and expect the desired results. None of us can fight, alone, by
ourself can not fight and expect the desired result.
Lets put our minds together as one. Yes, a tall order, a seemingly
impossible task, yet i think it essentual that we do so...if the desired
result is to be obtained. But how are we to put our minds together as
one, that is to unify? Well, it seems prudent that we begin with the
merely obvious, discontinue the things that seperate us. The idea of
"Me" and "THEM/OTHERS" must morph into "US" and or "WE".
This, that which we spoke about last night, is not my fight, just the
same it is not your fight, this is not Anne Booney's fight, this is not
Richard Bradbury's fight...This is "OUR" fight. We can not afford to
forget this vital piece of insight.
Myself, and others involved appreciate your willingness to assist us in
this endeavor. As game plans are drawn (you will be included) and dates
are set, all our T's are dotted and our I's crossed we will keep you
well advised. We have much to do, much to plan and much to discuss. Let
us set aside our differences if only for a short time (there will be
plenty of time to resume our normal state of afairs, back-biting,
bickering and bantering) let us be patient with each other, let us
encourage, support and comfort each other. And when the lighting is
right, when the music is right and the mood is right....we shall dance!
Much has been said of "fighting", this may seem contrary to my normal
stance of Peace & Healing. Let us exchange the word "fight" with the
word "effort". We have a general idea of the task before us, it would be
misleading to imply that this is a slam dunk type of effort. Infact, at
present it seems like a massive undertaking, perhaps due to my own
mental/emotional state of exhaustion, here is were I/we must rely on
each others support, encouragement and care. I know others have my back,
I know you now, along with others will lift my spirits by each of your
own efforts, ideas, and individual talents. I know, intellectually and
emotionally this to be true. I also know my sprits will be lifted in
days to come. I knew this yesterday, my spirit began to rise immediately
following our conversation.
My wish for you and all of us as a collective body of Survivors;
Much Healing
Much Peace
woof
