Thank you, Andrew! I appreciate your saying this. Sheila
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Very real to me. Thanks for that one, Sheila.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On 19 February 2014 14:50, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Something like birth
> > order, although not
> > quite. Something you
> > do not control,
> >
> > something recognized outside
> > yourself: either you
> > qualify or are dis-
> > qualified.
> >
> > You don't have to
> > do something, do
> > anything. It won't change.
> > You will have read the signals,
> >
> > interpreted each,
> > and played through
> > hoops and other obstacles,
> > as though they count.
> >
> > You will be wrong.
> > Years later, you will meet
> > your arbiter, who will recite
> > examples of who (else)
> >
> > has failed, and on that list
> > will be some facet of yourself,
> > that simply flunked
> > the test you did not make,
> >
> > the test you did not take,
> > that same test that continues
> > through eternity, the difference
> > between real and fake.
> >
> > Sheila E. Murphy
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Undercover of Lightness'
> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>
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