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>>>About 10 years ago at my local church, the was a situation that polarized people into basically two distinct camps. So volatile was the situation that the opposing sides had to meet with the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and an outside mediator.
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>>>I was in the position of being caught in the middle. I knew and respected people on both sides and was friendly with them. Further, I wasn't involved in the meeting.
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>>>Afterwards, I heard about the meeting from both sides. So distinctly different were the descriptions that it was hard to believe that both were at the same meeting. Nevertheless, they were. My initial reaction was, "Some here's lying." However, initial reactions are often incorrect. In this case, I realized that both sides were being truthful, they were, however, "coloring" the situation in correspondence with their own POVs.
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>>>So what was the truth? In all likelihood probably somewhere in the middle. I suspect, that may be the case here.
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>>George;
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>>We had something similar happen at our Catholic Church in Campbell, California. Some people would not know the "truth" if it bit them on the back side. :) Everyone enjoys his/her own sense of truth. God knows the truth - we know flavors of the truth. In fact each of us has a favorite flavor or flavors. Mine is Rocky Road by the way, when it comes to ice cream! :)
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>>Whatever happens I will be prepared in some way or fashion. I have never had my head buried in the sand and I do not know what the future holds. I am just on this planet earth, going for a ride using this thing we call life. If I am able to enjoy it while helping others then I have had a good life.
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>Tom,
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>Thanks for the post. I was about to immediately respond, and then took sometime to think (not always a good thing in my case< g >).
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>First, regarding "...helping others...", I concur completely.
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>Second, and what really provided "food for thought" (remember it's lunchtime here and I had just finished mine< s > was the following thought.
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>Outside of VFP and Rock Road ice cream, are we more alike or different? You're Roman Catholic, I'm an Episcopalian (Anglican Catholic). If I recall correctly, you play Flamenco guitar, I play Classical guitar. It occurred to me that one could take those two items and say that we're either very different or very alike. It would simply be a matter of the person's perspective.
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>Regards,

George;

And we both love Chicago Pizza! We may not like the same toppings but it is the thought that counts! :)

By the way I am getting ready for a flamenco show in San Jose, California in March. I may have mentioned I attended the Masters Classical Guitar Class given by Segovia during the Summer of 1963, at U.C. Berkeley. I still play a bit of classical guitar but flamenco is my true love.

I received so much encouragement from people like Carlos Montoya and Sabicas, for my flamenco guitar playing. They were very generous men and lots of fun to talk to. Very introverted as are many engineers and programmers, until you saw them release their passion! Not much different from VFP programmers and our VFP community .

There is something about music that I love and cannot express. I also play piano. Programming "just pays the bills". Gee, that can be important! :)

Tom