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QUESTION: 1 feel like an

empty nothing. I don'¢ seem .

to have any clear idea about
who I am‘or what I'am or
what life is all about. That ts

answer to

‘xight"”, or, they ssy to me,
serious. Why try so hard to

Théy may have a good idea,

but they go too far: -Any

STEWART:
for “outfits like

Sure. Thank

Greenpeace” that “go too
far”. If it were not for outfits
that seem to go too far for
some of us, most of us
probably would not go at ail.
The people who seem to
go to excess have my
heartfelt blessings and
thanks. They encourage the
rest of us to move ahead the
distances we feel ready for.
They seem to make things
happen. Most of the real
contributors human
emergence and. freedom
were considered to be going
to excess by the average

- reach.

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Who do you think you are?

Accept life as it happens.
to you. Relax!” Most of the .

help I am offered seems to fit
into one or other of those
categories and they both
leave me frustrated and
disconterited. Which way do
I tarn? Where do I go? Who

- do I listen to? Is there more

to life than this or am I just

hammering against a stone
wall?

STEWART: An old negro —

spiritual sings, “Joshua fit
the battle of Jericho and
THE WALLS CAME
TUMBLIN’ .DOWN’”.
divine - discontent will pay
off. Take a deep breath and
promise your SELF that you
will continue in your
outreach and your search.
Out of Eastern wisdom we

get the promise that “when

the student is ready, the
teacher will come”. The help
you are wanting is within
So, risk the ex-
perience of trusting your
own inward SELF more and
more. , ”

Your

e
It is from within that your
strength and your insight will
emerge. Most of us have felt

as you do. Some of us quit
. the search and just coast

through life. Others, (are
you one of them?) keep open
and alert and hungry for
more and more. Good old °
Browning once wrote (in “A

‘Death in the Desert”)

“God's gift was that men
should conceive of truth

And yearn to gain it, _
catching at mistake

As Midway help till he reach
fact indeed” my “

And thé “mistake” he
refers to is not a mistake at
all. It is simply.the best you

can experience with the

amount of awdreness you
have.at the time. Don’t waste
two minutes fussing over

what. you feel have been ~

“mistakes”. They. are not
mistakes, they are learnings
that prepare you for new

choices and new growth and

new risks in trusting your

’ emerging Self. Keep open!

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cam mae Fates

observer. Consider Galileo, -} 9 )

‘Schweitzer, “Jesus, Theresa

and even Henry Adams.

Henry Adams? Who is he? I
_ have tio idea, but in some

way or other he probably
earned ‘the reputation of
going too far in something or
other.

And in doing so it is quite
likely ‘he contributed to the
partial emergence of
someone else. Greenpeace
has no need to earn your
unqualified support. All it

needs is to be utterly honest -

about being Greenpeace, as
it sees itself in the here and
now, AND to be willing to do

its “growing” as it senses new |

lures for itself in becoming
more completely Green-
peace. And all YOU and I
need to do is be honest about
whether we are “going too

YES, we can fool
Mother Nature

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January”. I heard it from my
pareitts and my friends and
my teachers. In the 25 years
or so’since that time, I've
heard it in one way or
another from so many
people you wouldn't believe
it. Back then, and up till
now, I've tried. every way I
can think. of.to speed up my
: performance. But the fact
remains, I am slow! I'm a
slow reader, a slow eater, a

slow walker, .a slow thinker
and a slow’ decider: Ive
found out that my slowness
. & not ‘Because of. some

physical deficiency: ‘I have -

lots of energy and am in
good health. I'd do anything
to learn how to speed up

anything and everything I
do. I feel so darn stupid with
everyone telling me to,: or
looking like they want me to
hurry up. Have you any
suggestions?

eos

- Always have been. For years

I (very slowly) tried different
ways of hurrying. Then ‘1
decided (rather slowly) that
it would be more fun if I let
other people hurry to their
- hearts’ content, while I

comfortably went about the

joy of travelling at my own
rate of speed. For years I
had ADMITTED that I was
slow. Then I began to accept
that truth about me. I went
- beyond ADMITTING my
slowness, to ACCEPTING it
as being me-like. It’s O.K.
for me to be slow. In fact it’s
rather fun. Where does it say
“Fast is beautiful”? Who says

that rushing is the best way? .

(Could.it be some guy with
an ulcer who is tearing
around looking for a quick
‘glass of milk to soothe his
hurting?) ~
Your slowness won't
contribute to your having an
ulcer (I am told), but your
trying hard to pretend you

are speedy’ will never add
much to your health or’your .
peace of mind. Relax my
fellow slow-poke. You're
lucky!

By the way — one helpful
hint. Take your time in

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