tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post2661683346960351402..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: I thought I'd be ready, I am notElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-41032168564813139802017-10-06T11:13:09.036-07:002017-10-06T11:13:09.036-07:00I appreciate this latest post and I commiserate wi...I appreciate this latest post and I commiserate with the power these events "seem" to have in shaking one's faith in humanity and the hope one tries to cherish for our future. I have, of late, been afflicted with my own doubts on this score and I've tried to look to the Gods in my heart to see how They work goodness and justice in the world. Sometimes this is difficult to see when its eclipsed by cruelty. Then, as you show in the photographs from these tragedies, people helping other people with no other motive than to do what's best, and so make the world better, in however small a way. Maybe the Gods' works, if They are immanent and throughout the world, are best reflected in these deeds. When confronted to these challenges, I find the greatest to be the creeping certainty that my heart wants to turn to stone as if I might be better protected from it, but at the same time I want to see the world as the Gods might see it--as you say--with love. Several weeks ago when I was feeling especially oppressed by the strife and division in the world, I wrote three admonitions while considering the Maxims.<br />1) Honor the past; 2) Know the present (as it is); 3) Cherish (the promise of) a future.<br />Again, I salute you for this humane and compassionate post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553397633788942249noreply@blogger.com