[Magdalen] Quiet Pub

[Marion Thompson]

Yeah, and wishing won't make it so.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 12/15/2016 9:21 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> You can't *be* to people what they don't want you to be.
>> -M
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> very profound, thought provoking words.... that can be seem from 
> various positions.
> Lynn
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a 
> talk by Richard Rohr
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> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 11:50 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Quiet Pub
>
>> My own observation:
>> children ignore adults far more effectively than adults ignore children.
>>
>> You can't *be* to people what they don't want you to be.
>> -M
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>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> In general I wish them well enough to spare them my odd, boring self.
>>> Said another way, I'm not afraid of children but am afraid of making
>>> them wish they were elsewhere.
>>>
>>> In the instances where we find ourselves together (like my 7th-grade
>>> niece at Thanksgiving, who's growing up to be a curious,
>>> deep-thinking, lovely introvert), I just try to be genuine while
>>> showing interest and having a relaxed conversation. Then the guilt
>>> sets in that I can't do more than that and I assume it's more
>>> sinister: that I won't due to various deficiencies in my character.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> > I don't know how you feel about children in general, Scott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>
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