[lit-ideas] Re: on not knowing one's impact on the world
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:23:11 +0900
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The point is not ego-stroking but the unknowable nature of our acts. Such
> an utter greenhorn when I wrote this ... and it was somehow remembered!
>
> I'm sure teachers like David, Phil, Walter, and Robert frequently get this
> sensation, for example, when former students contact them. But something as
> trivial as a page of magazine humor?
>
> Anyone else have this kind of surprise?
>
>
Sure. One of the nicest things about growing older and leaving a trail has
been the rising, if still low, frequency of running into people who have
read my book or articles and found something useful in them.
John
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