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Jon - Thank you. Receiving a "wow" as a first comment is a very, very pleasant experience.
Nicole - I am very pleased your log on to Solo after an absence came in my backyard. You are missed when you are gone. I am so very glad you liked the article.
Adam - Thank you deeply. Whatever you have to do about your "decade in a Hell" will come in its own good time. It must be right for you, too, otherwise it will backfire (and I talk from experience). I would like to mention a very curious reaction that occurs when you bare your soul in public as I did here. Some people have indicated to me that they think that I was writing about the suffering and not about the triumph. They seem to have a blind spot to seeing the overcoming of suffering and the refusal to settle or compromise with it. Makes me wonder... At another time when I was more fragile, this would have hurt a great deal. But now I wonder... If you ever decide to do something public like I have done, be forewarned. There are those who cannot see any type of suffering but their own, so they miss the triumph completely and find little value in it.
John N - You already know how grateful I am for your opinion of the rough draft. Thanks for the e-mail also. I will write you one back. btw - Need a gun?
John D - Thank you so much. Yes, Madalena was quite a woman. I am very fortunate to have known her and it is a great privilege to be able to tell you (and the world) about her.
Marcus - Thank you for such kind words. I am not interested in prizes, however. I will probably take John N's advice and turn this into a screenplay and see about getting it produced. Meanwhile, Solo is a great place to accumulate a good solid body of work.
Michael D - Wow. I am especially touched by your choice of the word "experienced" and not just "read." Writers live for that kind of reaction. Thank you greatly.
I. N. Rand - Thank you very much. I feel wonderful that it is the triumph that you reacted to and not the suffering.
Bob - You are quite a wonderful person yourself. You have a wonderful sense of life from where I constantly take inspiration. Thank you for your appreciation and well wishes.
Landon - Thank you so much. Once again, I am so very pleased that it was the triumph that you reacted to - and how can there ever be triumph without struggle? I don't mind being personal at all if yours is the kind of response I provoke.
Mike E - What on earth are you doing in my head? //;-) Thank you, thank you and thank you. You already know that I think we think alike on so many issues. I am tremendously pleased you like this article.
Ciro - That is true about needing pain for learning. But we also need more - we need a commitment of spirit to rise above it. Thus we might suffer, but we also vanquish the suffering. Thank you so much for your kind words.
Fraser - The thank you is from me, my friend. I am glad I was able to touch your soul.
Kitten!!!! - My muse. Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Sarah - Your pride in our friendship is mutual. I am very proud to consider you my friend. You have one of the best minds on Solo. Thank you for your evaluation of my article.
Linz - Once again, thanks in spades for everything - especially your friendship and Solo. About being taken to the edge, I once saw a tee-shirt in Brazil that had the following quote on it, but I don't know who wrote it. It has sort of been my motto, for better or worse.
"If you are not living on the edge, you are using up too much space."
You people are beautiful.
Michael
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