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I really enjoyed reading Antonia Fraser's Cromwell: Lord Protector (thanks Andy!). She paints a mostly sympathetic portrait of a man who had greatness sort of thrust upon him. According to Fraser, Cromwell was a big believer in the Will of God; he would await a sign, or when this or that happened, he would take it as a sign.
A friend of mine has been diagnosed with a fairly rare disease which apparently only affects women. She seems to be in pretty good spirits about it, but it must be awfully unnerving to confront a lifelong course of treatment.
In my own life, I was really hoping that I would easily find a job at the U. in Albuquerque. I may yet end up there, but it will not be as easy as I had once hoped.
I suppose that we hope that even the bad things in life happen for a purpose. Small defeats make subsequent successes taste that much more sweet. Knowing this does not make going slogging through the low times any easier however. And what kind of a sign can life's punishments great and small mean for us? Do we give into the "signs" or do we do our best to prove them wrong?
Posted by Underblog at June 27, 2005 7:24 AM
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never forget that you have Pluck, UB. John W. said so.
Posted by: Sherman at June 27, 2005 8:12 AM
You DO have pluck. John Wayne said so?
Posted by: heather at June 29, 2005 6:26 AM
I like these questions and wonder if they are soul or character questions. Suffice to say I've witnessed that when assorted people are given the very same set of circumstances and situations to confront, their responses are very individual. So much is personalized in life.
Posted by: heather at June 29, 2005 6:31 AM