Tochi said:

Those of you who read my facebook post probably know that I have a very good and long standing friend named Tochi.  I met Tochi in 2002 or 2003 while we were members of the same church.  We clicked from moment one.

Back then, she had a resilience and determination about her that was truly enviable.  I've met and have been acquainted with some very prominent people; but none had the candor, zeal, or openness that is Tochi.  This week I want to share with you some of Tochi's past blog post.  (She was blogging long before I ever knew what a blog is.)

Here is a Tochi, blast from the past, blog post in it's full original content:

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom
of thought which they seldom use."  

– Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and mystic

Dear Friends:

Many of us have experienced, first-hand, how painful actual thinking
can be. It is much easier to let someone else - the government, the
religious leader, the parent, the older sibling, the physician,
whomever - tell us what to say than what to think. Yet we often fail
to connect the dots between thinking and self-governance..."I think,
therefore, I will."

This is the thought: When we take responsibility for our own
thoughts, we will be much more comfortable with our own decisions
and actions.

This is the intention: I choose to think for myself, by myself.

Warm regards/Tochi
© Copyright May 28, 2004
http://www.tochi.us

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