Comments on: Madeleines From Reading A Long Way Down http://1heckofaguy.com/2006/10/23/madeleines-from-reading-a-long-way-down/ A pastiche of posts, featuring song, dance, snappy chatter plus notes on prose, poesy, love, lust, life, and beyond Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:19:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MindSpin http://1heckofaguy.com/2006/10/23/madeleines-from-reading-a-long-way-down/#comment-798 MindSpin Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:03:27 +0000 http://1heckofaguy.com/2006/10/23/madeleines-from-reading-a-long-way-down/#comment-798 Well said. There comes a point at which we realize that our sense of justice or order, grace or mercy does not constitute any kind of obligation on the part of the universe. Justice, order, mercy and even love we can impart to to the world insofar as we have small power and moments in time, but they are not things we can rely upon. They can be our gifts to give, and therein lies the nobility to which we can aspire. These truths are hard lessons, dearly won, a second growing up. Well said. There comes a point at which we realize that our sense of justice or order, grace or mercy does not constitute any kind of obligation on the part of the universe. Justice, order, mercy and even love we can impart to to the world insofar as we have small power and moments in time, but they are not things we can rely upon. They can be our gifts to give, and therein lies the nobility to which we can aspire.

These truths are hard lessons, dearly won, a second growing up.

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