To each his own...
Larry
NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Rich or poor, it is your choice.
>
> Wrong or right, it is your decision.
>
> The software developer had the talent to create something which I
> value and
> am willing to trade for my money. Money which was earned from talents
> I
> possess and from taking risk others may not have been willing to take.
>
> Society does not make decisions about my level of life. That has been
>
> created by me in the decisions I have made in my lifetime. When one
> accepts
> their current circumstances as a reflection of the cumulative choices
> they
> have made, they will experience both power and freedom that eludes
> many.
> Here again we all have choices. Do we accept responsibility for our
> decisions or do we blame our circumstances on society, our parents,
> the
> education system or whomever or whatever it is to which we choose to
> relinquish our power and the responsibility for our life? Experience
> has
> shown me that should I not be happy with what it is that "life" has
> given me,
> I can change them through my willingness to change what I am doing and
> what
> I'm willing to put at risk.
>
> Our prison systems are full of people who have rationalized their
> actions and
> given the power for their circumstance to someone or something else.
> Different choices would have produced different results.
>
> What changes in our choices would have us able to own rather than
> possess
> Photoshop. Although I do not own this program, one day I will. It is
> a
> choice I have made. My owning it will reward its developer for their
> talent,
> the risk they have taken and the choices they have made in their
> life. I am
> honored to have the opportunity to participate in that type of
> system. If it
> works for them, it will work for me.
>
> Bill Barber
>
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