JMS: Passed through the Crucible?

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 6 Jun 1997 03:09:01 -0400
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Take it as read that anything I say on this has a vested interest, and is
utterly subjective, and therefore not to be trusted.  That stated:

I've found, over time, that this particular job -- running a show with a
fair amount of visibility -- will either make you into a monster, or calm
you down.  I've noticed, as you have, that my messages have grown overall
a lot less intemperate.  Other people around me have noticed that I don't
get angry as often, hardly ever anymore; I'm fairly serene in most things
(mainly I think by utterly disconnecting from my life, a requirement to
get through the load of work involved)...and they have suggested that I've
more or less mellowed out.

Yes and no...primarily, I think it's this: what I set out to prove, I
proved.  What I wanted to do, I did.  Once you realize that, you come into
a certain kind of calm.  I am, or like to think that I am, just as intense
now as ever before, but I'm definitely *calmer* now.  The work is out
there now...I can relax.


 jms




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