Time: Thu Oct 31 05:39:00 1996 To: marmstrong <marmstrong@snowcrest.net> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: affection and grace Cc: Bcc: At 12:51 AM 10/31/96 -0800, you wrote: >At 12:27 PM 10/30/96 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Marcia, >> >>In reading your latest beautiful letters, >>it occurred to me that you might really >>enjoy a book I have been reading on and off >>in recent weeks. It is entitled >>"The Friendship Factor," by Alan Loy >>McGinnis, Augsburg Publishing House, >>Minneapolis (1979). It is so beautifully >>written too, with poise, care, and sensitivity. >>I can't imagine that there is a single >>person on this planet who would not benefit >>enormously from the many practical and >>inspirational examples which McGinnis >>relates. > >I will try our library. (It is only two doors down >from my office.) > > I would certainly >>like to take this approach to the many ideas >>McGinnis documents, but I need someone to >>"practice" with. Would you be willing to >>practice with me? > >Sure. I am (for the most part still) teachable. > >Be well, my friend. Let us >>begin by seeing ourselves as little miracles >>of life, which daily grow up into big miracles >>we share with everyone willing to receive us, >>in the image and likeness of the One who >>created us. From the Mind of the Maker >>we came; evidence of the supernatural >>surrounds us: we are that evidence. > >Have you read Brennan Manning's "The Ragamuffin >Gospel" Multnomah Press c1990? It is one of my >favorites. >> >>/s/ Paul Mitchell No, I have not read it. I will look for it here. We have a big library at the University of Arizona, so it should not be too hard to find. /s/ Paul Mitchell >> >>=========================================================== >>Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.: pmitch@primenet.com >>ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776, Tucson, Arizona state >>=========================================================== >> >Lucky you. I am not very chatty. I just finished an >evening of public hearings on the proposed Steelhead >federal Endangered Species listing. I think it went well. >I am exhausted. > >Before I drop off asleep at the keyboard, I wanted to >mention that I was thinking over our discussion on the >differences between males an females in relationships >and, if I am typical, I believe it is affection that >I am looking for. The type of quality defined in such >behaviors as: > >Putting the paper down to listen a rare quality, indeed: the art of listening ... >Providing comfort, rather than direction this is emotional support, something we all need, also very powerful >Reaching out to touch often in a non sexual way Our Creator is terrific at forwarding thoughts of good will, no matter how distant we are in space, so touching is a thought pattern, a pattern of thinking before doing. The smallest gesture can convey a huge amount of love. >Being thoughtful, like bringing someone a cup of > coffee when you're getting one for yourself I am bad about this one, because I get so task-focused, I forget the immediate milieu >Suggesting a dinner out when the cook is tired I LOVE to eat out, I think, because I love to be waited on in restaurants. I just eat alone a lot these days. The word on the street now is that I am a deep cover government agent: very vicious lie, this one. >Acts affirming the other person's significance as > a priority in your life This can be done in so many different ways. A few little things can add up to more than one big thing in no time. >Acts demonstrating that you genuinely like to > spend time with that person Smiling, particularly, and humor, the best medicine ever. >Affection initiated without prompting This one goes to unconditional love, a hotly debated topic, but still essential, I believe, particularly for children who need that foundation to grow. > >OH well, Ima goner......it was Dick Army, she >mumbled as she drifted off.............. You might probe your fantasy a little bit. We can do that here, where it's safe. I have a robot persona you might like to meet. He errs all the time with strange English idioms, so he is very lovable, and very bright. He talks like a child with an IQ of 200. Do you want to share your fantasy with him? His name is I Pobot I (1001 for short). Bye. /s/ Paul Mitchell copy: I Pobot, I (Robot the First, with one leg-standing) > >Marcia
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