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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

bobf wrote:

> > My best friend wants to introduce me to Ikea in downtown Atlanta on
> > Thursday. I have no interest in going.
>
>
> ***** IKEA - Cheap Temporary junk -- but colorful.  For the money, a
> person could do much better at an estate sale or an auction

Luckily, that trip is postponed until next week.  I am going to push for 
a visit to the Botanical Gardens instead of IKEA. :)

If tyou can remember
> your dreams -- most people don't-- there are some books on the
> interpretation of dreams.
>
> *****I don't know if it is new-age garbage or not.  Some Indians put
> stock into dreams, but I know nothing , really, about the subject.  I
> don't know if your insurance covers psychiatry, but some
> psychiatrists are really good with delving into a person's dreams.  I
> like my psychiatrist.  She finished Harvard medical school several
> years before the President started Harvard Law.  I poke fun at her
> that "her people" (Bush went there too) are ruining the d*mn country.


Dreaming is the way one processes information and solves problems and 
dilemmas.  If you pay attention to your dreams, very often you will gain 
valuable insight into yourself.  Yes, I have kept dream notebooks and 
have explored interpretational books and such.


> ****  **My escapism is all about furthering my happiness.  I 'want'
> privacy, so I shall have privacy.  I've paid off the government goons
> and don't have any other obligations.  I want to do what I think will
> bring me the greatest joy.  To me , my idea of 'bobfordsteading' is
> not about work and drudgery; it is about fulfilling a personal
> desire.  And, I am not trying to build up a place to leave as a
> legacy.


Well, good luck to you Bob.  I hope you can begin your escapist journey 
soon.

B


--
"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