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| A few years ago while I was attending college, something strange happened. A few of us were in the painting lab working on a positive-negative painting. I was the only non-traditional student in there that day. Our teacher let us bring music in to listen to while we painted. I was listening to Pink Floyd and one of the guys looked at me in surprise and said, "You're just an old hippy, aren't you?" Man, that shocked the mess out of me! I was only 33 years old at the time and I sure didn't feel like an old hippy! Here I was trying to get an education, raising 3 children, working part time, running a household and staying in love in my marriage. But I was listening to something I suppose an 18 year old wouldn't see me as liking. :) Then I thought, COOL! I'm not an old fart yet! I went to some hippy websites a while back and found the definition of a hippy. www.hippy.com has a site with a page where people describe what hippies believe in and some describe a clothes lifestyle that is part of being a hippy. Well, the clothes part didn't fit me, but caring about the earth and loving the world and wanting peace and serenity to be an everyday normal way of life, I guess I qualify! :) A hippie is ... someone who accepts everybody, no matter how they dress, what they do for a living, what type of music they listen to ------THE COMMON ------ PEACE!! Today, we shouldn't have time to discriminate against race, religion, or sexual preference, we should worry about saving our world together, but still be able to kick back with a soda, smiling that you tried to help someone, did some good, and are healthy enough to do it again tomorrow!! Here's a page that sums
up being a Hippy for me! Namaste to
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