"Now that you know, what will you do?"

[Gregorian]

17. I'm discovering what works for me.

As I've said many times, this has been on my conscience for 45 years. I saw, and I was disturbed. I was one of the healthiest specimens on the planet. But, there came a time when it all fell apart. 25 years ago I suddenly became ill. And it is only in the last few months that I have begun to regain what I once had.

So what I have discovered is that anger endangers my health. I had no idea that could even happen until I exhausted every effort to return to health. That's a lot of lost years.

Even having that knowledge, now, I have copied what you posted, and will refer to it daily, if not more often. There is a line in it that is so powerful for me, I wish I could shout it to every parent especially:

I will discard all blame, anger, guilt and shame - these emotions are obstacles to growth.

You've been a great help to me. I also want to add that I now understand what you have been sharing with respect to growth and energy. You have given me a new facet with which to observe the species. That has helped calm the anger as well. It's not just population in an isolated way that I had thought, but the combination of breeding AND energy to obtain and maintain the population. That small but important inclusion of energy has made a big difference in my life.