Another one of your most wonderful prose pieces, MD.
Love it. Will save it to my RC Word file.
And, believe it, or not, I can own the vast vast majority of it as quite accurate to my own seDiments, too.
My main quibble not already articulated endlessly would be that I don’t think your good intentions are weak etc. but quite admirable and above average.
There was another self-deprecating slam that I didn’t think was near fitting either but I can’t quickly find it and my mind is a muddle from playing umpteen games of Chinese chess for about 6 hours today.
I appreciate much your spiritual trek and growth evidenced in this piece.
Thanks.
LUB
My will, etc. may have or appear to have some strength when compared to that of some others.
But I beg that I may never forget that if I have any good thing, characteristic, blah blah, it is a gift and not at all mine. This is not pious claptrap, it's reporting: When I claim stuff, it goes bad in my hands. When I "give God the glory" I have arms full of roses. So, hey. Give God the glory, sez me.
You have an RC WORD file? Uh oh! I think you should have two. One for combat and forensics and the other for, you know, nice stuff.
(I had a charismatic file, but I couldn't find an interpreter .... heh heh heh.)