Dear Jay:

You are welcome.

“those who seek to bring you down”- trying to make peace with those who seek to bring you down in nature is a death sentence, as in deer trying to make peace with a mountain lion. A more accurate example, two dogs meet, one shows aggression toward the other, the other lies on his back, belly up, surrenders. The aggressive dog walks away, lets the submissive one live unharmed. But the rules have been established, the submissive one remains submissive with the aggressive one, the rule-of-engagement has been established.

anita