Dear Jack;

Excellent two last posts for my Good Morning Gertrude to ponder this morning (she has only a couple of hours with me in the mornings, she is more peaceful and clear than the other Inner Selves).

The second post of today, starting with “This is getting corny.” is Marvin talking. Once he was threatened with being voted out he is bullying the rest of you with: “You are corny, weak, pathetic… end this corny thread (before I get voted out!)

And then Marvin says to the rest of you: “Don’t blame me. Be nice: don’t blame ANYONE@” (Pious Pete loves this: turn the other cheek to Marvin!”)

And the thread ends so far with: well, it would be nice to have a vacation from Marvin (meaning he stays- I can hear the relief in Marvin’s voice).

I would like to see Marvin re-constructed- the superego has to be there, the one that evolved for the purpose of living effectively with other people, but let us… smooth the rough edges, to put it mildly, very mildly, let us put limits on Marvin. Let’s decide what about Marvin we keep and what we don’t keep.

Who decides that? The Ego, that healthy, growing part that makes the healthy decisions for the Id (Abe is a pure Id part) and for the Superego so that the two, Id and Superego work for the same goal, your overall well being.

How about calling another board meeting for the purpose of not voting Marvin out, but reconstructing Marvin? If you choose not to, or even if you choose to do so, what do you think if I gather a few of my Inner Selves for such a meeting on your thread?

I would like to read you putting together such a meeting,

By the way, I am quire impressed by your writing! Wow indeed says Gertrude!

anita