I am grateful for it but I must add a little embarrassed that I have forgotten your connection to the gift but clearly I did not forget the truth of Chambers’ message.
I know it’s been quite a while but how long? It seems about a decade.
I was a while back, but please don’t be embarrassed!
There is a Freeper out there who did me a great personal service by taking a stand I had taken, and instead of flaming me in the open forum, took the issue into Freepmail and we had rational discourse over a period of days, and by the method of civil discourse, brought me to the point where I could change my mind on an issue that was predicated on my core values…without having to change my core values.
It was a very significant event for me. And I can barely login to Free Republic without thinking of that generous person.
I did not realize how important that emotional transition was until some years later, but could not find that Freeper.
And that was every bit as important to me and worthy of remembering…but I didn’t.
I voice this often in my case as you just did in my case with the hope that other Freeper will remember as I did, and speak up!