-excusing yourself-

   it is negative,

   it is backwards looking,

   it is looking away from yourself

   it is denying the possibility of change

   But in focusing, it almost takes no concentration - it's a
   matter of

   letting GO of everything you ever knew, and having a
   conversation with yourself - that is - as if you are *meeting
   yourself* for the _first time_.

   -kenneth udut july 7, '95 in ''Beyond all that is known.''