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I just got one of those dreaded messages from my son
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<blockquote data-quote="rebelson" data-source="post: 686642" data-attributes="member: 19966"><p>I appreciate your view of that quote, Copa. It's a little above my understanding, how you explained it. In reading your very articulate posts, you seem to be quite more philosophical than me. My son, also, is super philosophical (almost too much for his own good, thinks about <em>EVERYTHING</em> deeply) and I'm sure he would understand your deeper explanation of quote.</p><p></p><p>I don't remember where I got that quote from, but it was recent. When I read it, I felt it <em>spoke to</em> <em>me</em>.</p><p></p><p>For my son, 'my' world of <em>'ought to be'</em> is simple. He could be, a clean, sober man graduating from college soon. He wanted to go to college, still talks about it & it may still happen one day. So, to me, this is an 'ought to be', by his own expressed desire.</p><p>He <em>could be</em> clean and sober without the past, as it has played out.</p><p></p><p>The 'what is', is.....well, what <em>IS</em>. My son is an addict.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rebelson, post: 686642, member: 19966"] I appreciate your view of that quote, Copa. It's a little above my understanding, how you explained it. In reading your very articulate posts, you seem to be quite more philosophical than me. My son, also, is super philosophical (almost too much for his own good, thinks about [I]EVERYTHING[/I] deeply) and I'm sure he would understand your deeper explanation of quote. I don't remember where I got that quote from, but it was recent. When I read it, I felt it [I]spoke to[/I] [I]me[/I]. For my son, 'my' world of [I]'ought to be'[/I] is simple. He could be, a clean, sober man graduating from college soon. He wanted to go to college, still talks about it & it may still happen one day. So, to me, this is an 'ought to be', by his own expressed desire. He [I]could be[/I] clean and sober without the past, as it has played out. The 'what is', is.....well, what [I]IS[/I]. My son is an addict. [/QUOTE]
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