Mudcat Is Different For People Of Color...

... and (in no particular order) Mudcat ALSO Is Different For Older Non-Computer People, and Mudcat Is Different for Low-Income People, and Mudcat Is Different for People in Different Countries/Cultures, and Mudcat Is Different for New Arrivals, and Mudcat Is Different for People with Different Belief Systems, and Mudcat Is Different for People with Disabilities, and Mudcat Is Different for EarTrained Musicians, and Mudcat Is Different for Note-Trained Musicians, and Mudcat Is Different for Men, and Mudcat Is Different for Women, and Mudcat Is Different for Young People, and ..... I'm out of time.

One of the delightful things about being a human bean is that we can always, alwasys, always choose our virewpoint-- out place from which to view things. If one chooses to focus one's attention (and others') on any aspect of one's "difference," it IS draining. So I try to learn not to do that, and to focus instead on the commonalities.

It's not an easy lesson to learn, but it is worth attempting and Mudcat is a good place to practice and try it... Mudcat [society] is Mudcat [society] is Mudcat [society]. It is what one chooses to make it. It may not FEEL that way, but it IS that way.

A master at that viewpoint-thing was Corrie tenBoom.

~Susan