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Pisces Horoscope for week of April 6, 2006

My best friend in high school was James, a Piscean artist. His work was so wild and beautiful that it scared his parents. Instead of seeing him as he was--a budding creative genius--they suffered from the delusion that he was mentally ill. They confined him to an asylum and forced him to undergo shock treatments. Since they thought I was a bad influence, they forbade us from having contact. I lost track of him when I went to college, and later he dropped out of sight. This week I decided to google James. I was ecstatic to find that he has grown up big and strong. He's an inventor and philanthropist living in Florida, having made loads of money from his numerous creations. In line with your astrological omens, I nominate him to be your inspiration. May his triumph over his past rouse you to recover some of the fullness of the brilliance that was suppressed and wounded when you were young. 



Something I've been working on most of my adult life. /:-) 

Musing

What is it about change? What is it that puts people so against it? What makes people seem to want to stagnate? What makes them afraid to give up an old situation for a new one, even if it's painfully apparent that the new situation is better and more true?

The old saying goes that one cannot teach an old dog new tricks, but ought not more be expected of people? After all, aren't people supposed to be the height of evolution on this planet? Where have the standards gone?