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To: CharleyMike who wrote (47132)	2/21/2000 11:44:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

The other night, when I was falling asleep, I was thinking of my family, and for some reason started thinking of a waterfall, and it kept getting bigger, and bigger, until it was something like Niagara Falls going into the Grand Canyon, an enormous river of humanity, speeding by in the wink of an eye, each of us just one little drop of water, without any moorings other than the drops of water next to us, never knowing where we came from nor where we are going, nor why we are here. You have to step back from your own little drop to see the beauty and the purpose of the whole. And then I fell asleep.

To: CharleyMike who wrote (47132)	2/21/2000 11:59:00 AM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Hi CM. I agree. In this "observation," (?) it isn't "me" I'm worried about. I I I can become un-depressed ~ I have the skills and environs and wealth and am draining depression-enforcing steroids from my soup. I have the skills, which are a huge head start. I have also the awareness that depression is a chemical bio-health assault, now ~ which I didn't, when it started. I know what to recognize, and what not to allow my mind to do. What not to "believe." Defensive steps. Offensive steps. The wave of effects I elected to comment on is in the "populace." It's visible even if one is ignoring it. (I know you didn't say it isn't there.) It's certainly true one can't succumb to it. I don't. I won't. I can avoid it. Inside and out. I can also combat it. I understand too, how lucky I am. Many others are not. Lucky. Not even close. It is definitely not me I am worried about. Seeing. Maybe it is empathy, or maybe it is fear, that sees the vacancy in modern life affecting SO many people. It's there. Sure, what we see is a reflection of who we are. In certain ways. In others, it is not. It seems just as certain that the waves of pain coming from people are "important." They're not my problem.