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Pat,

I think you're not giving yourself enough credit. A true TOE is just as, if not more, likely to come from a truly learning passionate person, like you, than it is anyone else with any degree of intelligence. You seem to have what it takes...DESIRE, which keeps you moving onward. All you need now is direction, which will allow you to move forward, and you very well may have that also. I don't know, as I too am searching for the correct direction, which will bring the most meaning to my travels.

All we have to do now is keep from getting intimidated by the seemingly uncomprehensible knowledge we seek, which brings death to learning, and be arrogant in knowing that we can understand the most seemingly incomprehensible of things if given the chance and direction, which gives life to learning.