[MD] The Intellectual Level of Quality, according to Mark

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Mary:
>> Those who know me keep saying I should write a book, because I have a book
>> worth of ideas to write about.
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>>John:
> I agree you should write.  I like reading your words, and I'm picky.
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>Mary:
>> I spent the first 2 years attempting to achieve forgiveness - to the
>> husband
>> and to his Mother.  I have not been entirely successful, but almost.
>>  What's
>> interesting to me about this is that I am not having a problem forgiving
>> him
>> for injuring me, but for causing me to lose my farm.  My property.  Does
>> anyone else find this interesting?  Territorial Social Level instincts
>> coming to the fore?
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>John:
> I find it interesting.  The Metaphysical underpinnings of Real Estate as
> social phenomena.  Human's need for place, for territory, for
> being-in-world.
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> And I find it entirely apt that your resentment over losing your place is
> far deeper and long lasting than resentment over violence suffered.   I
> suffered a disastrous first marriage, and when it fell apart, what I hated
> more than losing my wife was losing my home.  It's a deeper sorrow somehow.
> Closer to the bone.

Dan:
Really! Huh. I'm an oddball here I guess. Houses, farms, cars, money,
etc. is all window dressings to me, easily changed and replaced.
Relationships are the rock on which I built my world and when those
crumbled, the rest followed quite naturally. I didn't care.

I tend to look at it like this: if my house burned down tomorrow I'd
be bummed. But if my house burned down with a close family member or
friend inside, fuck the house. All I care about is whether my family
member or friend gets out alive.

Priorities,

Dan