Post by Peter on Dec 9, 2008 6:11:33 GMT -5
I'd just like to make a brief apology for a few overly long posts I've made this month. I do recognise that they demand a significant time investment on the part of the audience to both read and potentially reply to, and I'll try and be a little more considerate of my readership in the future.
I had a friend at University who used to send me letters - sometimes 10 sides of A4 - complete transcriptions of his current mental state. After a few weeks I became unable to reply to them, they were just overwhelming. I felt a bit bad about it at the time, but I now reflect that sending someone something 'raw' is less helpful than condensing the writing to just 'considered' points - and the most important ones at that.
There's a very fitting analogy about miniskirts that I could make, but that's hardly appropriate for a spiritual forum so I won't. Instead I'll stop here and just hope I've managed to cover the essentials without losing anyone's interest.
P
I had a friend at University who used to send me letters - sometimes 10 sides of A4 - complete transcriptions of his current mental state. After a few weeks I became unable to reply to them, they were just overwhelming. I felt a bit bad about it at the time, but I now reflect that sending someone something 'raw' is less helpful than condensing the writing to just 'considered' points - and the most important ones at that.
There's a very fitting analogy about miniskirts that I could make, but that's hardly appropriate for a spiritual forum so I won't. Instead I'll stop here and just hope I've managed to cover the essentials without losing anyone's interest.
P