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The Seed Discussion Forum / Dear John
« on: December 02, 2005, 01:06:00 AM »
Hi John,
I remember you well. I know that what you say is true. Isn't it nice to have someone affirm the things you say even when you already know that what you are saying is true?
I was involved with The Seed in Fort Lauderdale for a very, very long time. I was never a staff member; just a volunteer. I must say it was a ?tough love? program. I will also say that at times it was very harsh, but I remember a lot of the people that entered the program were in very bad shape (not everyone was just a 15 year old spoiled brat cry-baby that couldn't get over him or herself). Many of the people that came to the Seed were desperate for help. I for one ? and it was not easy!
Getting off drugs was not the hard part; I had many other problems that were very serious. I learned to live a great life in spite of any treatment that made me uncomfortable. I am very grateful for this. I have learned to be very successful in life, in business, in education, and in society. I am very well adjusted and do not carry a chip on my shoulder for whatever treatment I felt was unjust ? that?s life. Trust me: in the many, many years that I spent volunteering my time at The Seed, I can assure you that I was not always the most popular or favored individual nor did I always like the people that worked at The Seed, but I had the depth to interpret the principals and learn to apply them to my life. I learned to be extremely tough. Trust me when I say that I had very thin skin when I was young. I definitely went through my growing pains, but I grew up!
Good God ? move on!
People are people, and it is amazing how with time and circumstances they change ? some for the better and some for the worse. The reality is that people are very unpredictable, and often you don?t learn the truth about someone until he or she is truly tested.
I know that my life would not be what it is today if I had not learned the things I did at The Seed. It's a shame that Greg and many others missed the point. The shame is that you all waste so much time being so self-absorbed when there are so many real tragedies going on all around you.
I see people all the time who have real problems over which they have no control. I cannot imagine wasting my time dwelling on a situation that occurred 20 or 30 years ago. I can understand venting, but at some point you have to get over it and get on with your life. There's nothing left to destroy. The Seed is gone. I don't see the point in going on and on and on endlessly over petty resentments. It's like playing tic-tac-toe: most people, by the age of 10 realize that it?s pointless.
I remember you well. I know that what you say is true. Isn't it nice to have someone affirm the things you say even when you already know that what you are saying is true?
I was involved with The Seed in Fort Lauderdale for a very, very long time. I was never a staff member; just a volunteer. I must say it was a ?tough love? program. I will also say that at times it was very harsh, but I remember a lot of the people that entered the program were in very bad shape (not everyone was just a 15 year old spoiled brat cry-baby that couldn't get over him or herself). Many of the people that came to the Seed were desperate for help. I for one ? and it was not easy!
Getting off drugs was not the hard part; I had many other problems that were very serious. I learned to live a great life in spite of any treatment that made me uncomfortable. I am very grateful for this. I have learned to be very successful in life, in business, in education, and in society. I am very well adjusted and do not carry a chip on my shoulder for whatever treatment I felt was unjust ? that?s life. Trust me: in the many, many years that I spent volunteering my time at The Seed, I can assure you that I was not always the most popular or favored individual nor did I always like the people that worked at The Seed, but I had the depth to interpret the principals and learn to apply them to my life. I learned to be extremely tough. Trust me when I say that I had very thin skin when I was young. I definitely went through my growing pains, but I grew up!
Good God ? move on!
People are people, and it is amazing how with time and circumstances they change ? some for the better and some for the worse. The reality is that people are very unpredictable, and often you don?t learn the truth about someone until he or she is truly tested.
I know that my life would not be what it is today if I had not learned the things I did at The Seed. It's a shame that Greg and many others missed the point. The shame is that you all waste so much time being so self-absorbed when there are so many real tragedies going on all around you.
I see people all the time who have real problems over which they have no control. I cannot imagine wasting my time dwelling on a situation that occurred 20 or 30 years ago. I can understand venting, but at some point you have to get over it and get on with your life. There's nothing left to destroy. The Seed is gone. I don't see the point in going on and on and on endlessly over petty resentments. It's like playing tic-tac-toe: most people, by the age of 10 realize that it?s pointless.