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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> You are the one who keeps bringing up the "apocalyptic future". Your posts 
> often speak of guns and violence, full of anger and fear. I've never seen 
> the world that way. I lived in a ghetto and went to graduate school in north 
> Philadelphia (Temple University), the worst neighborhood in the city. I had 
> night classes and took public transportation alone. In 53 years, I've never 
> owned a gun and never felt the need for one. To me, the world has never been 
> a scary place.


I wish I could say that.  For me, the world has been a scary place since 
I was a little kid.  I do believe that I live far away from most people 
to gain a sense of security that I don't feel living amongst others in 
society.
Lynn, was your childhood 'normal'?  I have a theory that people who grew 
up in households where there was minimal dysfunction generally have 
fewer fears about things, whereas people like me who grew up in abusive 
households never quite process it all well, end up having scary dreams, 
and then of course that affects their waking life and adulthood.





--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will 
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius 
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the 
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone 
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve 
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge