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Tempe High School Class of 1969 - If you could do it over........

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Body:	<i>Thanks all who have posted so far. Now many truths come out! You are brave to share some of these rather personal chapters, and deserve our salute. As you have said, we really do gain wisdom from our mistakes. But one different turn may not have been nirvana, after all, so we shouldn't necessarily regret that turn. There are moments when I experience a flash of clarity, in appreciating those around me, past and present. My parents surprised the h___ out of me when they supported me unquestioningly when I made a very unpopular decision many yars ago, in fact when I was sure that they'd kick me out of their lives for it. And then some years later they did it again, bless their hearts. Those things give pause and motivate one to treat others with respect, even supporting them through sometimes ugly times. I hope that this has been true regarding my own son. The world can use an increased measure of forgiveness, for sure. That theme, risk or safety, believe me, runs through every life. When we lost my sister ar 35 (1992), I spoke to her three children about Mary's courage in taking the road less travelled. I likened her to a brilliant shooting star, to an eagle that soars above the rest of us who trudge with our eyes focussed downward on mundane matters. Mary turned her costuming arts talents into a hollywood career, travelled the world (directed the costuming at the Seoul Olympics ceremonies), worked impossible schedules in the West Coast theater scene, and who's to say whether all that led to her demise. We missed that young irascible Mary terribly - my Dad wept, grieved deeply, and maybe never got over losing her. She still soars, seemingly watching over us safer ones, those of us of the long trek. And her kids, all now the subject of their four uncles' pride, seem to live life fully today. This post also implicitly asks what brings happiness. If any of us knew, well.... But it also opens a window to Socrates' 'unexamined life' exhortation. It's OK to talk about it. In fact it's demanded of us. Especially now.</i> *
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