A beautiful message from Bob indeed, his creativity makes it a real compelling read :-). Oh and thanks for the compliments Bob.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Dear Bob Price, > > There will be (as evidenced already) persons at FFL who will not like this apology. Not because of the way you have expressed yourself, but because of to whom it is addressed. Now I happen to appreciate the clarity and impartiality in most of what Judy writes; and certainly there is no one here on FFL who, in some formal sense at least, is a better writer than she is. > > But what I wish to draw attention to is what this post reveals about the person that you are. I doubt there are very many readers and posters at FFL who can imagine themselves under any circumstance writing with this kind of humility, sincerity, and intelligencethat is, inside the context of expiating for some self-judged wrong against another person. Did I know nothing about you; did I know nothing about the person to whom you are speaking, I would nevertheless admireeven lovethe person who was capable of exhibiting such bright and intelligent feeling. What strikes me most in this post is the disarming boldness and coherence with which you make your appeal. There is not a touch of sentimentality or self-confusion here. I think it quite an extraordinary proof of the depth of personality and powers of self-command that you possess. > > I should have anticipated the response, which instead of catching at what I am trying to describe, focuses on the object of your apology. Even the fact of how you come across herein the way in which I have interpreted yousays something positive about Judy. Because had it not been appropriateor somehow excessivefor you to write in this way to herthen your post would have suffered from its very ambition: namely to do justice to another human being. > > That Judy could bring this out from within you, is a measure of who she is as a person. But what imperially forces me to speak here is my sense of who the person must be who was capable of putting themselves in the position you have and then finding the grace to write what cannot be misunderstood, what seems to almost perfectly fulfil its very real intention. > > > > Judy, > > > I want to apologize for my behavior and some posts I made---accusing you of > censorship; I was full of s*it and you were right to push back and correct me. I > have no evidence to support such an accusation and you obviously don't behave > that way. I also apologize for taking way too long to send this post, and hope > it still qualifies as: "better late than never". I also want to thank the three > "R's", for helping me find my better angel; Rory (reading), Robin (riting) and > Ravi (rithmatic). As you may have guessed; my head is populated by at least two > angels; a very dark troll-like one (about the size of a sumo wrestler) who > lives, rent free, in my left hemisphere----he's very noisy and get's most of my > airtime; in my right hemisphere, another angel lives, she's translucent, about > the size of a hummingbird---refracts light beautifully, grows gardenias, and > quietly warns me---just before I attempt to be a dickhead; she does it in such > an subtle way, its easy > to ignore her, and I end up making a fool of myself. Every time I do this the > Sumo gains about 20 lbs (you can imagine, how big he is). It normally takes > friends like the three "R's' before I pay any attention to what she > whispered---that might have saved me. In other words---I'm sorry. > > > > Unless you've heard this one already; I thought you might enjoy something the > wife (always a fan of yours) said to me yesterday: > > > > > "You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts". > > > > > It may be your gentleness, with our resident angels; I hope you don't mind me > saying; lately, you've reminded me of Karen: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb6svoM3UWE >
