-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.''