tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9471959.post115394429788280649..comments2007-04-15T21:31:09.815-05:00Coraliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12821654865085375013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9471959.post-1156018433770847832006-08-19T15:13:00.000-05:002006-08-19T15:13:00.000-05:00

Amen (if I may say that). Especially the last paragraph.

The Ridger, FCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9471959.post-1155002689962183272006-08-07T21:04:00.000-05:002006-08-07T21:04:00.000-05:00

I couldn't agree more.<BR/><BR/>And I don't think you're too critical at all.

Coraliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05905970438083977179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9471959.post-1154953984844659332006-08-07T07:33:00.000-05:002006-08-07T07:33:00.000-05:00

I would go so far as to say that the only one who can display the virtue of courage is the one who entertains no illusion of an afterlife. I would go so far as to say that the only one who can have true fortitude is the one who goes through loss [or faces the existential dilemma] with no delusions of grandeur. Perhaps I'm too critical.<BR/><BR/>The man who develops virtue, strength of character

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9471959.post-1154891517307902242006-08-06T14:11:00.000-05:002006-08-06T14:11:00.000-05:00

Bravo! Excellent post, and I couldn't have said it better myself. Loss, like all human experience, shapes who we are. I completely agree that hiding in delusion is unproductive.

vjackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868095335395368227noreply@blogger.com