Sergei
Sergei asked Richard Bach:

Dear Mr. Bach! First, thank you for your books! I don't like being so brief, but there's no choice. Q1. If Donald Shimoda is right about stopping clinging and letting go with the flow, then what's wrong with Harold Skimpole of 'Bleak House'? Q2. If everything is an illusion, if destroying this world is ok- D.S.- then why love the sky and flying, why fight for freedom, respect human rights, condemn atrocities etc?

Richard Bach Q1: I wish him well. Soon as I read 'Bleak House' (not a title that inspires me to open the book), I'll remind him of his options.

Q2: As we're free to destroy, so are we free to create, as well. Most of us enjoy building the most adventurous, the most beautiful lives that we can imagine. Perhaps we can fail at that, but isn't it better to fail at perfect beauty, than it is to succeed at destruction?
Richard Bach
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