Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:39:27 EDT From: FOODBAG@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2981$foo@default> Subject: a nice speech
I could not resist sharing this. Here is a great speech from a friend of
mine who is married to another friend who grows CP. Maybe she could become
the "CP Growers Spouse Support Coordinator." I wanted to get this in by the
13th(oooh, scary!), but it was not to be.
It may seem absurb to some, and others may laugh but feel ashamed inside,
but it sure is written well, so here you go. Enjoy, and if you have any
comments, the author's spouse gets this list, or I would be happy to foward
any comments to her.
Regards,
Joe Griffin
Lincoln, Nebraska
USA
P.S. The initials of the author are coincidentally mine. This is just a
coincidence. No relation. I am more of a lunatic then most, when it comes
to these plants.
Thoughts On Carnivorous Plant Growers
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>
> When considering the driving force behind the
> obsessive urge to grow Carnivorous Plants, I cannot
> help but wonder, what makes these guys function: yes, I say 'guys' as
you
> will seldom stumble across a
> female who is similarly afflicted. And, before, anyone corrects me, am
> told that there are a few females who grow these plants.
>
> Main concern of these beleagered beings seems to be the temperature that
the
> various species are most content to live in. But, growers are not
> primarily happy with merely the plants' contentment; the temperature has
to
> be "ideal".
>
> I would like to now concentrate on the concept of 'ideal': if it truly
> exists, can it be maintained? Will draw my analogies from life as this
is
> where we, as humans, are presently at.
>
> Consider, for a moment or two, our own lives: would you say yours is
> ideal? Mine isn't, and I've never met anyone who is totally in a state
of
> constant ecstatic happiness and peace. Obviously, those who have popped
> their clogs, and who have lived an
> exemplary life, maybe fortunate enough to reside in heaven, but that
> reward often follows a long life of suffering and mental turmoil. So, we
> may want to give brief thought to where plants go when their roots give up
> the soil. Some may now be thinking: ok, I'll give me plants hell, so
> that eternal happiness will not be denied them. But, don't be too
hasty,
> or you could very well be jeopardising your own salvation as we cannot go
> around playing God.
>
> This fanaticsm of the carnivorous plant growers needs to be examined; it
> needs scrutiny because so many of these guys could be putting themselves
at
> risk of either boring people to death - slowly, or driving themselves
> insane with the constant worry of "temps"; further, this costly business
> must have ruined many a bank-balance. Now, is it worth it?
>
> Returning to this view of the plants needing 'ideal temps' leads me to
make
> a judgement: no, they bloodywell don't need an ideal which is going to
> inflict so much misery on their keepers, and their keepers family, and
> friends. No way!!!
>
> Personally, I refuse to be affected by the apparent drive to keep these
> plants living a life of luxury; a luxury which is presently unknown to me
> despite much suffering on this earth I call home.
>
> These plants don't know what 'ideal' is: nothing in this life is static;
> life is in constant motion; the only thing we can be certain of is
change.
>
> In conclusion, would propose the view that carnivorous plants must be
> laughing so hard at the attempts at temps. and ideals, that they run a
> strong chance of shaking their pitchers free, and loosening their soil.
>
> So, all you guys, loosen-up, get REAL not ideal. Nothing in our lives
or
> theirs is ideal, and we just might be doing them an absolute disservice
> attempting to maintain the impossible. Indeed, they will become
neurotic,
> and who, in their right minds, would want this for their precious
> carnivorous babes? But then, again, how many of these suffering guys
are
> still in possession of their minds?
>
> One solution might be to organise some form of group support where this
> obsession could be shared, and thereby weakened. But, first, the
> affliction must be recognised, and this will prove difficult.
>
> The purpose of this essay is to provide information which, presently,
> seems to be unrecognised by the suffers. My aim is to offer my hand to
> those brave enough to grasp it - brave enough to admit: 'Yes, that's
me,
> I need help'
>
> Copyright: JG.
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