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corrected spelling: "Ropiquet" -> "Ropiequet" ... oops! ^z
– MarkZimmermann 2008-05-18 07:38 UTC
Also note: although it wasn't online back when I typed in "What Is My Life?" from memory many years ago, now http://www.fee.org has old issues of The Freeman available ... see [1] for
What Is My Life?
| Human lives begin as diamonds do, Dull and rough, like common pebbles. Some are large, blue-white, and perfect underneath; Most are small, off-color, flawed But all are precious, latent with a dazzling beauty. What is my life? It's taking my rough pebble, large or small, And working at it year by year, Cleaving off this flaw, and that. Polishing facets one by one, Until, naked before the world, My true self stands revealed, calm and proud,— And adds its small, but radiant brilliance, To the smoldering fire of man's emergence From his savage past. |
RICHARD L. ROPIEQUET, President
Alta Industries, Inc., Portland, Oregon
from the May 1970 issue, and see [2] for
The Individual and Society
| Each one of us, as his awareness grows, Perceives the structure's vague outlines, And wonders where he is. "What level am I on?" you ask, "How many floors are up and down from here?" Your fellow occupants are glad to help And show you many escalators, all marked DOWN. How easy it is to tour the lower levels, Being joined by millions in your search! But going up, where truth and rationality prevail, How hard that is! You must run fast, and dodge or push aside The hordes who bar your way. And if your energy is equal to the task, You face the loneliness of those deserted halls. |
RICHARD L. ROPIEQUET, President
Alta Industries, Inc., Portland, Oregon
from March 1970. Fascinating!
– MarkZimmermann 2008-05-18 07:45 UTC
(correlates: WhatIsMyLife, ComplexSimplicity, MudAndCrystals, ...)</div>