From: "Jim Foster" <illum...@mindspring.com>
Subject: Today
Date: 1999/08/19
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Hey everybody,

    Last night i was having a conversation with my mom where we were arguing
about cleaning up our house. In the midst of it my mom was telling me really
what she wanted was to be listened to, i started to tell her i -was-
listening, but... i really got, in that moment, that the way people are in
conversation is wanting to be expressed (know, acknowledged, understood, or
what have you). I was at a special evening last night where the forum leader
was talking about ~self expression~ is not getting something that's inside
of you out of yourself. It's making a statement of what you're to be, and
then being your word... doing things to express yourself in what you stand
for. In arguing with my mom... i got it --to my innermost being-- that we as
people aren't being our word when we argue (just look at lawyers ;). We
weren't being expressed in the commitment to improve our house, in that; so
i got up, told my mom to write me the info on what she needed help with at
what times, etc. and told her i'd do certian things around the house
(dishes, and talk my brothers and sister, etc). We talked about it a little
more and the conversation ended up being cool.

    What's funny tho is... that day, when i got home from work (i work a
3am-8am shift) i declared to myself that that day i'd be effective in
fulfilling what i said i'd do.

Today i'm declaring that there's gonna be some excitement ;) So everyone,
have fun today

there's no better day to do it (=

j2