I already see her all safe, warm and cozy, the sun streaming in on her face. Her healing has started from within, and she will be good to go February 4th.

To parallel a book I’m reading right now, and as you mentioned about the timing………in most of the modern mystics’ lives, the harshest of challenges came about right when they were to embark on a most important event. In coping with such events, we tend to go even deeper within ourselves, the results of which bring forth an even more profound message.

IMHO, a mystic is anyone whose work and soul/spirit blend so well that the results look like effortless perfection. I would say Jane fits into that catagory. Heal well and fast!!

P.S. Christy, Pac, and TRex, you are all included in that conceit. As Marianne Williamson says, who are we NOT to be brilliant, etc., etc.

Bless you all,
becca

Jane, you are in my thoughts and prayers. And please take care of yourself and get the recovery time you need to really bounce back.

This is why we all gain so much when you carry on the fight so bravely, Jane. You have shown us once again how to stand up and be strong even under such a fearful burden.

I am reminded of remarks Patty Smith made about her recording of “About a Boy”. She said that while singing it she thought about Robert Mapplethorpe, not Kurt Cobain. She thought about how Mapplethorpe fought death to his last breath, working the entire time. And this made her angry at Cobain.

It is hard to admit that while I want to stand with you, Jane, I am afraid for you. But I will learn a lot when you beat cancer again, and perhaps when I am faced with such daunting foes — political or mdeical — I will know some strength.

All full of coffee and waiting for Pach’s next day of excellent live blogging.

from US News & World Report

…In an interview on PBS “NewsHour” last night, President Bush said this about his decision to change strategies in Iraq: “I had a choice to make. Do what we’re doing — and one could define that maybe a slow failure. Secondly, withdraw out of Baghdad and hope for the best. I think that would be expedited failure. And thirdly is to help this Iraqi government with additional forces — help them do what they need to do, which is to provide security in Baghdad. … I chose the latter because I think it’s going to more likely be successful.” The Washington Post says this morning that it was “perhaps the president’s frankest admission that the previous strategy was not working.” However, most media coverage focuses on Bush’s comments on the executions of Saddam and his former aides. The AP reports Bush said “the unruly execution of Saddam Hussein ‘looked like it was kind of a revenge killing,’ making it harder to persuade a skeptical US public that Iraq’s government will keep promises central to Bush’s plan for a troop increase.” The New York Times and USA Today report on those comments, with the New York Times running a second piece on how the “botched” hangings have “helped to accelerate Sunni-Shiite sectarianism across an already fragile Middle East, according to experts across the region.”…

…ruh-roh

g’morning again all

heya Richmond – Thanks for that excellent comparison and insight. The psychological impact will always be a factor but it’s amazing at how subtly it can be woven into our perceptions.

Great catch.