9-11-13 RMB Childish
Enthusiasm
Dear Rita Mae
Brown,
A foolishness
is overtaking me. Perhaps I should have read all of your books before embarking on this blog. I was
nervous about sharing my mystical side with you and the internet, as well as
the other sides of me. I don’t know why, personal issues, society’s stern brow?
Many have
walked before me, sharing far more, having explored far more and being vocal
about every aspect. I doubt that I would have been that brave, to share so
much, to be first. I think of history, how the firsts are so often persecuted,
sometimes executed…remember the witch hunts. They still go on today, by and
large not to the extent that they once did, but still, it continues.
In my small
circle, I am encouraged. Yet the bigger picture, the world at large, still
seeks to package us into a well defined box, no drawing outside the lines, no
expanding beyond our limits, limits the masses have set, merging individuals,
annihilating individuality.
As I write these
letters, I am reading your books chronologically. I am currently into the ones
written in the nineties. It amuses me to find so much of what I have shared,
already written in your words. Elements of past lives, spirits traveling
through time, spiritual connections, communication with nature, love on
numerous levels, above and beyond anything I have contemplated, and there is
more, all speculated upon by your characters, verbalized by RMB.
Every once in
a while, a child will discover something interesting and proceed to elaborate exhaustively
on such findings with any adult who will patiently listen, nodding appreciation
for the child’s interpretation of something elementary. I can see you nodding,
as you read these letters.
I gave an
employee her review today. She is also a friend. She is a lone wolf who would
prefer to do her work in solitude. I noted in the review “None of us,
individually, can do what all of us, collectively, can accomplish.” I believe
that.
I thank you
for being one of the firsts, for voicing truths and possibilities, opening
minds and starting conversations…and for allowing me and untold numbers to join
in with you, to follow along a path already tread. Together we can
accomplish great things. We will find that better tomorrow.
With childish
enthusiasm,
Loraine
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