It seems to me that we have many dharmas, worthy paths, duties. Mainly my paths calls on me to be a loving man to my family. There are many other things to do, such as maintain my health.<\/p>\n
Aside from those, though, my dharma or path seems to be primarily to witness to ideas, and people may be influenced as they are ready, or not. I entertain the image of my writings being like an immune cell that manufactures antibodies that may find their usefulness somewhere else in the body. Only some of the antibodies they manufacture will find good use. Thousands of other immune cells are doing likewise. It doesn\u2019t matter whether credit is given: \u201cA shout-out to Immune Cell Charlie 3410! Also 3412, 16, 24, etc.!\u201d Doesn\u2019t happen. They just do their thing.<\/p>\n
I really can\u2019t help it. I think and write. It\u2019s my play, my pleasure. If someone does my work better, more power to him\u2013-or her. This is my mythos. I don\u2019t claim that it would work for anyone else. If it does, fine. If it doesn\u2019t, that\u2019s okay too. I do my thing. The older I get the more the myth seems plausible that I couldn\u2019t do anything else and be happy. Still, I do try to follow my wife\u2019s encouragement to say it more clearly.<\/p>\n
The older I get the more I can\u2019t help but buy into the idea that I\u2019m doing my thing, exactly what I should be doing, the only thing that I can realistically do. I can\u2019t stop or I\u2019d feel that I\u2019m\u2014well\u2014 not doing what I should be doing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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