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Wow. I am very proud to be considered you best friend in CR. Thank you! We certainly are kindred spirits and in learning about you, I see that you are a person made of gold. I am very happy you are in the Torah world.
It is very interesting to learn about you. I understand how you came to Torah. You see beauty in the world and connect with it. That is sorta what, in part, the Dead experience did with me, among other things. Also, I am not so sure there is such a sharp dividing line between pre bt days and now. Maybe I am wrong.
I am glad we are the type of people we are and I would not change anything (well, most things..lol)
And you parents are more than normal. To me, hippie/yippie was knowing what was going on and daring to go beyond what the status quo tells you to think and feel. And, for the most part, in that scene people wanted to be good and affirm life without autocratic mechanisms in place telling you what to do. Ironically, the Torah, in all it’s detail and safeguards, commandments, and decrees, just picks us up and makes everything good and wonderful.
The normal way to find Hashem is the way you did. No two people are exactly alike, and all those things you talk about that you did also have Hashems thumbprint on them.
I got your back sista!
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