Past events are dreams in memory You are the only one to help me recall those images. The waterdrops on green leaves are my tears of missing. We have seen that liberty has its negative and its positive sides—negative referring to the absence of obstructions, interference, coercion, or indirect control; positive, to the processes of choosing and acting on one’s own initiative, and more concretely and less formally to the general types of human interests or forms of activity for the expression and exercise of which liberty is claimed. Some writers believe, concentrating particularly on the positive aspect, have been inclined to assert that a person is being free only when he or she is actually choosing, exercising initiative, and acting deliberately or responsibly. For the devotee of a religious faith, the religious freedom we claim and believe ourselves to enjoy may be no more than the freedom to practice unmolested a form of worship one has inherited and which one has never felt the faintest temptation to question; in such a case it is a fiction to speak of a process of choice. The same can be said of the person who is content to follow narrowly, uncritically, and unadventurously the established customs and conventions of one’s society. Even though there may be a sense in which we can intelligibly talk of such people as being slaves to customs, habits, or orthodoxies, it would still be straining the point to maintain that they are not free. #RandolphHarris 1 of 13

On the other hand, the people who have been so molded and manipulated that they always want what their ruler or superior wants him or her to want is scarcely free. This case suggests that freedom will exist only where there exists the possibility of choice, and the possibility of choice in turn implies not only the absence of direct coercion and compulsion but also that the availability and the characteristics of alternatives must be capable of being known. Thus, whatever the situation of any particular individual may be, it is most likely that there will be a large measure of individual freedom within a society when there exists what we call a variety of conditions—where a wide variety of beliefs are in fact expressed and where there is a considerable diversity of tastes and pursuits, customs and codes of conduct, ways and styles of living. And, because of the connection between inequality of power and inequality with respect to the enjoyment of freedom, a society in which power is widely distributed is also likely to be the one characterized by the existence of wide possibilities for choice and individual initiative. Humility and submission to God are the sole appropriate attitudes of human beings. Regardless of what the scientists might say, one feels the existence of God as one feels one’s own existence. One needs no argument to prove that one exists; one knows it immediately. So too, one knows without demonstration that God exists. #RandolphHarris 2 of 13

The soul knows everything that comes to it from sensation but I hardly know what to say. I am trying to put myself in your shoes, in your frame of mind, so that I can empathize as well as sympathize. I simply cannot do it. I am sorry. I really should be brushing off my morning coat and practicing my speech, as the wedding is not far off. And what am I doing instead? Sitting at my desk, writing to you, Babe. I know I should be more excited about the upcoming nuptials, but I suppose it is natural to feel a bit of apprehension. Not that I doubt my decision…but I am feeling a little anxious about the whole event. Serena is excited enough for the both of us. She seems to be all wrapped up in dress fittings and whispered conferences with her friends. I do not know all the plans being concocted, only that everyone we have ever met or could ever hope to meet will be there. We will probably serve platters of hors d’ oeuvres that will go back to the kitchen mostly untouched and then twice as much roast meat as our guests could hope to eat. The women will all be dressed too elegantly and laced too tightly to do more than nibble on the food. This will be washed down with enough champagne to fill several bathtubs—the only part of the feast the guests will consume enthusiastically—and followed by course of cakes and pastries so sweet they would make Paul Hollywood and a dentist weep. After all this, I still have the honeymoon. #RandolphHarris 3 of 13

And I cannot help but think of you, Babe, sitting alone by the fire in your cottage, making do with salted fish and potatoes, weak tea and unsweetened cake. I know you are hoping for some fresh greens and soft fruit. And the fact that sugar has gone up in price means you cannot make your delicious marzipan cakes or sugar biscuits that I have dreamed of trying. You sound like Mary Berry, who makes the best desserts one could ever dream of. Sugar has gotten so expensive that even the rich tell themselves it is poison to the soul. I do admit to feeling a twinge of guilt; all of my extravagant feasting and leisure when you and the boys at the front are doing so much, but getting so little in return. I am sorry your husband sent you a letter telling you they are being sent to the front and you received the morning of his departure. I wish he would have sent you a telegram because maybe you would have been able to work up the courage to get on that ferry to see your husband one more time, as it has been a year and a half since you have seen him. I know he claims he does not have the money to see you, and I suppose he needs his extra ducats to buy soap, deodorant, socks and undergarments. If someone were to ask where I would rather be on my wedding day—in a room full of strangers, trying to consume my portion of the feast, or alone in a cottage with you, Babe, drinking weak tea—I know which I would choose. #RandolphHarris 4 of 13

The fact that we can exert pressure upon things is evidence that there is something within the human soul that is not merely an effect of the external World upon it. This is obviously what has always been called the will. The mind by intuition finds itself to be a substance, a cause or force, a unity, and to be self-identical through time It uses these characters as categories and interprets everything that it knows in these terms. Chance therefore is not simply human ignorance, but an essential part of the Universe. I am far from believing that all events are the effects of chance, but that chance must be seen to be a true cause of certain events which we are able to define. On my journey in life, you have enriched my spirit, developed my intelligence, and ignited a beacon of hope. Both my heart and soul are filled with respect for you. Babe, everyone needs good and true friends. They are a great strength and blessing to us. Friends influence how we think and act, and even help determine the person we will become. Good friends will help us be better people and will make it easier for us to live in the gospel. We must choose friends who share our values so we can strengthen and encourage each other in living high standards. To have good friends, we have to be good friends. It is important to show genuine interest in others; smile and let them know we care about them. #RandolphHarris 5 of 13

My father always taught me to treat everyone with kindness and respect, and to refrain from judging and criticizing those around me. It is never okay to participate in any form of bullying, nor neglect. And we must always make a special effort to be a friend to those who are shy or lonely, have special needs, or do not feel included, but only if it is in our heart to do so. As we seek t be a friend to others, we must not compromise our standards. If our friends urge us to do things that we know are wrong, we must be the ones to stand for the right, even if we stand alone. Sometimes in life, we may need to find other friends who will show support and help us keep the commandments of God. It is important that we seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost as we make these choices. Babe, because of your irrigation with love and cultivation with pains, there are gorgeous rays of golden Sunlight in my life. I wish my appreciation to turn into a bunch of fresh flowers without withering forever, bringing fragrance to your life. Interestingly enough, I had a dream last night that aliens visited Earth to see if anyone was using alien technology. They kind of knew humans were, but needed proof. Anyway, he had to be really nice to them and show them around and make them feel better about themselves and treat them as one would any guest. #RandolphHarris 6 of 13

One of the aliens was a man called Richard and this dream was set probably 1985, it felt very familiar. I remember having it before. But anyway, Richard wanted to watch Television, and I know they had been here before because he had one of those box television/furniture sets that used to be popular in the 1980s, and it was in a bedroom of my dad’s house, but the reception was not working well, so I took him to watch football on my TV. Then, I had to convince the female alien that she was beautiful, and she was, but she was sad. I showed her how make-up could enhance her looks and that make her happy. They knew there was alien technology on Earth because it was evident and they detected it. There was an office building that was so high tech that it was not possible for humans to have that kind of technology in 1985, it was more 2020 technology, but they ignored the fact that we were using their technology because we were kind to them. So, anyway, they also had this cute pink poodle that would cry when it would get lost. The aliens were satisfied that we were leaving, and they used trees as portal, which are really just huge flowers to them. And the poodle got left behind, so I have to help him climb up the tree. It was an interesting dream, but it is just a reminder of why it is important to respect people. #RandolphHarris 7 of 13

When we show people respect, they are more than likely to be kind to us. We hear on shows like Law and Order and Blue Bloods that if on acts with respect and are polite to the judge, admit one did something wrong and are remorseful, law enforceable takes  that into consideration when it comes to making a verdict . Two of my favourite Assistant District Attorney’s are Serena and Erin Reagan, they are very idealistic and about equality and remind me of what Lady Justice would really be like. I also liked the District Attorney Monica, but she was assassinated. She was very stern and not as idealistic as the other two, but mostly fair. Monica formed a clear defense of chance as a real existent. She never denied that all events were caused, but maintained that casual series were independent of one another and that, consequently, their interactions as series could not be foretold. They could be predicted only on the basis of the calculus of probabilities. There are all kind of iconic women who are doing great things. And although you are home alone and your roof is leaking, I hope I can inspire you.  We are not, then, entirely free from the material World, but we always make an effort to escape its limitations. The flow of consciousness, in which nothing is cut off from anything else, in which the past is retained to grow into the future, is the essential part of our being. However, since it is unique, it cannot be conceptualized, and the only way to know it is to identify oneself with it. #RandolphHarris 8 of 13

In any given individual’s case, identifying who we are, as an individual, is no problem. The problem arises when we attempt to know someone else. Then we have to cease conceptualizing and to live the lives of those whom we would understand. However, this is true of all that lives. Each of us came to Earth with the Light of God. It is up to us to keep our light burning brightly for others to see and follow. Babe, you will become a signal light of righteousness for all to see. “Let your light shine before people, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven,” reports Matthew 5.16. Our opportunities to shine are limitless. They surround us each day. As we follow the example of the Saviour, we will be a light in the lives of those around us—whether they be our own family members, our friends, or total strangers. I will never forget your kind words, directing me to the right way. I will never forget when you were suffering from an infirmary, you stood on the platform, teaching us difficult problems in your poetry. I will never forget when we blundered, you uplifted us with your stories of beautiful Summer days, flowers, green grass, and trees. Just lost when I was saved! Just felt the World go by. We can be a light to the World. Then God becomes what he potentially is in monotheistic theology, the nameless One, an inexpressible stammer, referring to the unity underlying the phenomenal Universe, the ground of all existence; God becomes truth, love, justice. God is in us, inasmuch as we are human. #RandolphHarris 9 of 13

The nature of love is the love of God. We are called children of God because we have not fully emerged from the autistic wish for omniscience and omnipotence. We have not yet acquired the objectivity to realize our limitations as a human being, our need to learn, our helplessness. We still claim, like a child, that there must be a father who rescues us, who watches us, who punishes us, a father who likes us when we are obedient, who is flattered by our praise and angry because of our disobedience. “The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high. He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness. He will be the sure foundation for our times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure,” reports Isaiah 33.5-6. True friendships are based on love of God and sharing that love with others. “You will see those arrogant people no more, those people of an obscure speech, with their strange, incomprehensible tongue. Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar,” reports Isaiah 33.19 and 17. Think for a minute what it means to you to know you have someone standing right by you, someone you can trust to be your friend on good days and bad, someone who values you and supports you even when the two of you are apart. So often those Angels round about are our friends. #RandolphHarris 10 of 13

Babe, you will not lack for friends and associates, their friendship will be a special blessing both temporally as well as spiritually. Select for your closet friends those who are righteous and have a desire to keep the commandments of God. Their love should be like a blanket to comfort you throughout your life. Friends help us to determine our future. We will tend to be like them and to be found where they choose to go. Remember, the path we follow in this life leads to the path we follow in the next. In this World where there is so much sleaze, permissiveness, and immorality, having good friends will go a long way in ensuring our ability to withstand the evils of this day, our day. Having good friends will put us in a position to attract the kind of eternal companion we will hope to find. “That which is of God invites and entices to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which invites and entices to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God,” Moroni 7.13. And be sure to keep eye contact when you say what you are feeling. This lessons the tendency to get absorbed in your thoughts when you are trying to describe an emotion a situation has causes to occur. One of the most powerful emotional roadblocks is shame, never allow someone to make you feel less than just because of their status or income. #RandolphHarris 11 of 13

Shame often rapidly mutates into various forms of aggression—whether directed at others or at ourselves—or into numbness or an emotional shutting down, all of which serves as solutions to or distractions from whatever shame was just felt. Shame is the painfully self-conscious sense of our behaviour—of self—being exposed as defective, with the immediate result that we are halted in our tracks, for better or worse. Healthy shame allows us to feel for whomever we have hurt, but unhealthy shame does not, as we put all our energy into self-constriction or beating ourselves up. What the child knows consciously, and the adult unconsciously, is that we are nothing but body and spirit. And right now, life is of the body and only life creates values; all values are bodily values. Intellectual acknowledgement of one’s ultimate fragility is no match for the yield of lived experience. We are always aware that we are vulnerable, but we do not quite believe in its likelihood until it actually happens to us. Babe, I am so happy to hear that you moved into your parents’ cottage. The support will be great help. And it is exciting to hear that you made a bold decision to have a new cottage built, a modern stone building with a slate roof and a chimney. It is great to hear your husband’s separation allowance is coming in handy for you, after all, he is not there to tell you that you cannot use it. Happy that God blessed you. The Lord works in mysterious ways. #RandolphHarris 12 of 13

Your image is sailing in my eyes like a river. How many times I want to urge you to stay, but I cannot. I know the valuable thing is friendship and the more valuable thing is freedom. Tears upon parting add new waves to the long river of memory; wishes for departure are prelude to another meeting. “Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) remembers all the first responders in the aftermath of September 11, especially our special agents, who have lost their lives in the last 17 years as a result of health complications due to their response and recovery effort,” Reports the FBI. In addition to a natural knowledge of God there is a supernatural knowledge revealed by Christ and received through faith. Thus, reason cannot necessarily infer that God is the Creator, and that is why we have a direct knowledge of divine reality. As a result, we become aware of God as eternal through the contingency of finite things and as holy through  demands of moral law. (Even the divinity of Christ is experienced, in the first place, through the meditation on his human life and on the impact which it made on his disciples.) However, there is also an immediate, purely spiritual experience that is called mystical. God is transcendent as well as immanent. As a consequence, we claim, not an absorption into the Godhead, but a union of love and will in which the distinction between the Creator and the creature is permanently retained. Hope is like the Sun, when you march towards it, the shadow you are burdened with will be left behind. #RandolphHarris 13 of 13