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I just want to thank you for creating this site, it is very
comforting
to know that there are hundreds of other Jeds running around being Jed;
that
i am not alone in this endeavor.
being a Jed is not as easy
as it looks,
as you know. In fact i've found that being Jed requires a constant
conscentrated
effort; at least if am to be a Jed of any worth to this world. You see,
the
name Jedadia comes from the ancient hebrew, meaning 'loved by God,' and
being
known to the world as verb past tense would appear to require that you
have
some ability to embody that verb, namely to behave as if you actually
are loved. This means that, as a Jed, i have found it necessary to live
a life
of love, simply to avoid having everybody i know lying to me all the
time.
However, being filled with love is very hard. The only way i've found
that
this is possible for me is to love life, and those around me. this
is
not always an easy endeavor, seeing as there is much in life that
is
quite unlovely, and many people are hardly worth loving at all.
Still, everywhere
i go people remind me of this duty; I can barely go five minutes
before
someone is calling me 'Jed' again. So, i've found that this particular
definition
of love is very helpful in accomplishing this mission, as it carries
with
it a particular plan of action rather than some ethereal, high-minded
concept:
to love is to embrace the Good, while either changing or ignoring the
bad.
This means that being Jed is to embrace the good in the world while
attempting
to change whats wrong with it. No easy task, but one i've found very
fulfilling,
perhaps to the point of defining who i am...
Sincerely,
-jed gardner
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