Msg: 6603 *Conference*

06-18-96 16:40:08

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : ROBERT BENSON

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6602 (CLUB 100 BBS)

Thank you, Robert.  I appreciate your concerns, and I understand where I placed
my messages and what I said.  If you'll please allow me ... I moved the message
thread back into the conference for all to read.  I "want" our friends to know
the score ... in all its details.  There are reasons for my doing this, too.

Working for someone else?  No way, Jose!!

I "like" what I do.  And despite my rantings, I am not poor.  Think about it
for awhile ... what do we own, where do we go, what do we seem to be able to
get our hands one at moments notice?  There are things about our finances that
I've never discussed with you.  But it's okay to share these things.

For heaven's sake, money is not a mystery, or anything to be hush hush about,
nor should we measure each other by our incomes or belongings.  These things,
although seeminly important to life as we know it, are not important to living
life and sharing our "likes" and "loves" for each others or our missions.

Sure, we do tend to worry about money and things but sometimes we must step
back and see a bigger picture.  For evey negative, we can easily find a
possitive or two.  Balance is the key to a rich life, not money.  The struggle
is far more important than the acquisition.

Thank you, again, for your sensitivity.  You were always good at that and it is
appreciated.  You are a good friend.      -Rick-