and that i decided then to see a shrink about it. After ?? less than a dozen sessions i thought enough, so told him. And stopped.
Your relationship with your friend sounds a top one to have. Good for you both.
And i get your attempts here to get along with some 'on the other side.' Looking for the good in others. It's another thing we have in common. Shrug, if it fails at least it's felt ok to try.
Toss in here one relating to a star apprentice of yours a few years back, i just bumped into
"To me, the higher power is always within but I don't begrudge anyone else who thinks it's some sky lord that they owe their praise to."
i agree, just do not describe it as a "higher power" as i believe it is, more accurately and, lol, much more simply, just inside us. Conscious or not, whatever the thoughts they are just a part of each human being.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”