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To: abuelita who wrote (40599)	1/30/2005 8:51:00 PM
From: altair19	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 104191

Rhoezhe, <i know my reason, but not yours.> I have been following the dialogue about life slowing down after you cross the river.....you, croc, sioux, polvy and scooter. And, it is both wonderful and powerful. For mice elf, it was never "one thing" but a series of crises (some really bad) and joys (really wonderful ones) ...each one, after is was over, slowed my life down. They were all incidences that changed the way I looked at life. I'd love to say that my life slowed permanently afterwards as a result of the events....however sometimes it did...but sometimes it didn't. Hell, I'm 59 and and still a work in progress...maybe still swimming in the river. Altair19

To: abuelita who wrote (40599)	1/31/2005 3:43:35 AM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 104191

zita- i thought long and hard about the epiphany (subconsciously) and decided that over-analyzing it sort of betrayed the premise. so i'll just keep it simple... like i responded to raven off the top of my head... (remember that this is just about going to mexico and not the broader "crossing the river" concept that we've stretched it into here in the NNBM bar.) "you and i know that there is a cultural difference when you cross 'the river'. maybe the difference is that in the USA, money is the king of motivation so time equals money. in mexico, personal relationships are the king and time equals personal relationships, eh?" there are a thousand things to analyze about why this is true and how debits and credits accrue and are redeemed in a country where the great majority of people will NEVER see much MONEY in their lives... but in the abbreviated sense - without all the analysis - i really enjoy my slow time spent in that environment on the other side of the river cultivating personal relationships. i suspect it's the same motivation that scott and yen find in their work in vietnam. i hope that they always keep CTH "personal relationship" based and that they never succumb to transferring its driving forces solely to monetary efficiencies to attract and please donors. i think mr. hung will keep them on the right track as far as that goes. -e piffen e