When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Cherokee Saying
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Hello dotfoot,
First of all thank you for taking the time to read portions of my blog
You know one of the problems in communicating via text is that it is such a poor communication medium. I do not know what your true intention is exactly when you commented on my post. I also do not know whether or not you are being serious or sarcastic or attempting to be humorous. All I can do is give you feedback on your post, again noting that I am clearly working from a position of incomplete knowledge of both your comment as well as the fact that I do not know you personally.
That being stated, I would like to respond to your questions as well as give you my perceptions of your comments.
First, your questions... Yes, I am a regular practitioner of meditation. I am a Quaker/Buddhist. I am a Doctor who has practiced psychtherapy and hypnotherapy for over 28 years. No, I am not Cherokee. I am actually American, and my parents are and were as well. My grandparents, however, were European; Irish, Swiss-German, Hungarian, and Italian
I got the information for the posting from a book entitled, "Insights For Living", by Jonathon Huie. No, I did not feel it necessary to footnote that information, nor did I feel it was necessary to research the claim that this quote was from the Cherokee people. If you wish to do that research, please be my guest. If you can find out that his information was incorrect, I would gladly post your findings on my blog.
As far as your questions as to whether I posted this quote to somehow objectify Native-Americans or the Cherokee people in any way, you could not be further from the truth. Clearly, you do NOT know me.
Lastly, I would like to provide some feedback on the flovor of your comments, at least my opinion of them. I find that your comments are very hostile and accusatory. Perhaps you are unaware of how your comments came across. I don't know. Agan, it is very difficult to know one's true intentions when typing.
If you would like to discuss this issue, ot any other issue with me further, please feel free to call me and we can chat. I assure you that I am a very gentle and caring person who certianly hs pure intentions. You can reach me at 631/880-2531.
Dr. Crew Lauterbach, Ph.D., LCSW-R, C.Ht., CMFT
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