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Showing Original Post only (View all)A thought on the horrifying airplane accident over France: [View all]
Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:57 PM - Edit history (1)
The Los Angeles Times has a columnist who often has spoken about events that leave most of us speechless. His name is Steve Lopez and he used to write a column called Points West. Back in 2004-05, an awful mudslide buried a town, killing many residents. The title was "Ordinary Lives Derailed by Fate" and it was published on January 28, 2005.
Steve had this to say about that, and I thought it was really applicable to yesterday's events:
"There is no rhyme or reason. There is only the chilling reminder that we live precariously and die randomly, and that there is honor in facing each day with purpose and grace."
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Makes me think of a wonderful thought articulated by Christopher Reeves,
cilla4progress
Mar 2015
#23
Yeah--it's still tough when you have to put a loved one on a plane with the rain pissing down a
MADem
Mar 2015
#27
Your post and the comments here remind me of this book I read many years ago---
panader0
Mar 2015
#28
I read the last paragraph of The Bridge of San Luis Rey at funerals.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2015
#51