Making such topics taboo can only lead to dangerous ignorance and loathing of our own bodies and their functions. While I may have not lived in Tokyo as long as the writer of this story, I can think of infinitely more interesting stories. Yet this is all I find when I look around me in Western reporting. T he newfound emphasis on intellect in the political debate is refreshing, and I especially like the pop-quiz line of questioning that George W. has been getting. His parents would be proud to see their son achieve again despite his obvious shortcomings, but we should be afraid for the world.
Proud parents tend to see the best in their kids.
Voters should see beyond the Bush's delusions. Revising our language toward clarification of the condition and options can lead us to a whole new set of realities. Even if a so-called positive mental attitude written into a poem does not change the cancer, it certainly can change the attitude through the experience, and sometimes attitude has eradicated the condition. I appreciate Campo's careful explanation of his experience and hope that it brings thousands more to the threshold of what can work for them as well. We all have a poet inside who can lead us to realize our own great powers of observation, clarification, self-actualization and healing.