From: "G. Max" <IIMIMIa> To: Ted Wain Subject: Re: Harmonic Concurrence Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 14:41:13 +0000 <html> Thank you - things are getting uglier with every passing moment right now. This fight is shaping up nicely to a cat 10. If you were a storm watcher I would tell you to get into position as you may never see such a pretty one again - <br> Later<br> <br> G<br> At 01:12 PM 4/5/2004 -0500, you vvrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Ghislaine, Sony to hear things got ugly. I know that's not how you want<br> things to play out. <br> <br> However, we can't let them make us feel guilty. We can feel guilty for<br> nasty things we say that are hurtful when they push us for explanations, but<br> not for our actions lately. I believe we both have plenty of reasons for<br> where we are, and if we are guilty of anything it was tolerating another<br> situation longer than we should have. That makes our current actions more<br> shocking to them, as we probably tolerated way more than most people would<br> have over the last several years. <br> <br> I know our situations are completely different, but I believe there is a<br> similarity there too. <br> <br> For once we are in control of our own happiness, and for years we never<br> thought of our happiness first. We thought of others first, and we were<br> just generally happy people going through life. We got our happiness from<br> making others happy, and felt very fortunate for all we had. We built a<br> lot, did a lot, got a lot, and lived a lot, so we never stopped to look at<br> what we were missing.. <br> <br> Then something changed. Completely separately we started asking questions<br> of ourselves, and looking at things differently. We had what we wanted on<br> some levels, but we were missing something massive. Before we even met, we<br> knew there was more out there and made a decision to find it. We were no<br> longer happy, and couldn't fake it any longer mbsp; <br> <br> Then we meet, and bang. Both of us believe we have found something that can<br> make us truly happy. On all levels. We know how happy it makes us when<br> ever we are together, and we believe that can last for a long long time.<br> Selfish, maybe. A redirection of our selflessness, possibly. Perfect<br> harmony, could be. <br> <br> We finally met someone who seems to give as much as they get, and everything<br> seems to be in perfect balance for once. Magic happened when we met, and it<br> continues. <br> <br> EFTA00582414
In the end, it's our happiness, not anyone elses. And we shouldn't feel<br> guilty wanting to be happy. We will try to minimize the collateral damage,<br> as it is core to who we are. We are pleasers, we want everyone to be happy,<br> everyone to have a good time, and no one to think poorly of us. When we see<br> someone in pain, we instinctively want to take it away. It hurts us to see<br> someone we care about hurting. We then blame ourselves, as always, for way<br> more than we should. <br> <br> The other people in our lives have definitely under-estimated where we are.<br> They both think we're in a phase where we'll grow out of it, or one of us is<br> going to wake up, and say "yew" as you say. Neither realizes that we'll<br> never go back to the way things were even if one us got hit by the<br> proverbial bus. Yet our relationship is very real, so the enemy is becoming<br> real to them. As more details unfold to them about us, and as things<br> progress with us, the true battle will begin. We will also underestimate<br> how hard that could be, and the toll that could take. In instances like<br> this a good rule of thumb is to take the worst you can imagine things<br> getting, take it times 2, and that might be close to how ugly it could get.<br> Real life is more bizarre than anything we can make up, we know that. <br> <br> So we must be strong, and we must keep the goal in sight. To me, the goal<br> is what life is all about. And life is about the goal we are pursuing.<br> They are one and the same. The negative consequences we have to go through,<br> while painful and a massive distraction, won't be important. We can take<br> it, and hopefully others won't get hurt in the process. If they get drug in,<br> we will mend the wounds. We're good at that. <br> <br> Nothing truly worthwhile is easy, and ifs going to get harder on some<br> fronts before we get to be completely where we want. I've seen a clear<br> picture of that, and I'm going to do everything in my power to get to that<br> place. It's a very very good place, and the key is us being able to<br> completely be together. To be one. <br> <br> That's what I want, and I'll fight to get it if I have to. <br> <br> I love you Ghislaine,<br> <br> Ted. </blockquote></html> EFTA00582415