Last evening during our Pod conference call an interesting question arose in my mind. There is an introductory piece for Chapter One (A Hidden Wholeness) that goes like this in part: Jack pines . . . . [represent] strength of character and perseverance, survival of wind, drought, cold, heat, disease . . . In its silence it speaks of . . . wholeness. . . an integrity that comes from being what you are. . . . Douglas Wood. What hit me as we talked, is the phrase "what you are." Why "what" instead of "who"? The whole world seems to be asking "Who am I?" But I don't recall before "What am I?" Surely this was a deliberate word choice, not an accident. So now, for the next few days I will be considering this. What am I? Already I am considering values and principles as opposed to "who my mother and father were." "What" is harder to answer.
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