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To: Raven who wrote (27730)	7/19/2003 2:15:37 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

hi blackbird, am so happy to learn about your realizing a lifelong dream... second time this year... the open gulf of mexico crossing from pensacola down to naples was another. when i was 21, flying small single-engine cessnas, my life's dream was to fly a huge twin-engine, pressurized, jet prop like a beechcraft king air. within two short years it had been realized and i thought... what now? reaching a lifetime goal is a double edged razor. to stay alive with drive you have to constantly be pursuing something. when you catch it you have a let down and you must find something else to seek. desire is NOT a sin, it's nature's evolutionary force. deepak chopra says that eventually, desire will lead you to god... not to god's house as a guest... it will actually lead you to becoming god -- to realizing that you are god... and that everyone and every thing is god. what do you think of that idea? what do you think i should pursue next? <g> "he not busy being born is busy dying" -the bobster -polvie

To: Raven who wrote (27730)	7/19/2003 3:02:01 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

addendum... in the shower just now, an idea hit me. it came out of the showerhead in the water and soaked into my head. regarding deepak's idea about desire... it seems that a major and universal desire of mankind is to have the freedom to pursue happiness... when you think about it, it's the pursuit that brings the pleasure in our lives... that's what defines and creates our happiness. the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat are tiny, tiny moments in our lives. who wants to see only the last three seconds of the superbowl? deepak's next book should be titled... "the happiness of pursuit"