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Show CHRYSALIS pA G E 195 maybe even by special medleys of fragrance. You'd think we'd never stop dancing." All in all, I think simply being alive is a miraculous achievement. When I woke this morning, I thought of the tremendous change in my life once the powerful catalytic agent CANCER was introduced. I've come to feel a certain indifference to the few dark horrors that my mind occasionally offers up. Things go on. No one on earth can give me a signed and notorized certificate saying I haven't still got this damned disease. But I can adapt. Every change requires some re-ordering to accomodate it. And I find a certain tenacious peace-of-mind in prayer - not as a greedy child whining to an indulgent parent, nor as a beggar, but as a sort of opening up of cosmic pathways into my mind. A note I discover among some old papers - I remember writing it some months ago: Adversity helps men to rise above themselves. Is that true? I think so. It was Beth who arranged for my interview with Mr. Meier. He sits very still in a corner of his living room. I suppose he spends much of his time in that old chair, his hands folded |