The inimitable Scottie B wrote: > '... the state of being Wise (heck, `It's a Wise Child'!) > is something that I believe certain people are born with, > an intangible which cannot be eroded or changed from > birth but just covered or uncovered ...' > > And here was I thinking that sentimentality was > the prerogative of the elderly. and the eminently imitable Camille replied: Well, I wasn't being sentimental or airy fairy or New Age - or I wasn't intending to be, anyway. I have been privileged to meet people in my life who have been something that for want of a better word `Wise'. There's no getting around it - perhaps they are more attuned to the way the world works, perhaps they had a great upbringing, I don't know. But surely you cannot deny that element in some people that seems to separate them from the earthly? In a wholly unsentimental way even? Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest