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Mayflower
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Date Joined Mar 2002
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| Posted 2/5/2004 6:13 AM (GMT -6) |   | Greetings, fyodor:
Thank you for bringing Dietrich Bonhoeffer's birthday to my attention.
In my 'private' life, I am an advocate for persons with disabilities.
For over a year, I have been totally immersed (alas, it sometimes feels more like 'drowning') in a hideous advocacy battle.
By nature I am an eternal optimist; however, I admit that within the dark valleys of this all-consuming battle, there are times when I feel an utter lack of hope regarding the eventual outcome. (And, with great concern -- I recognize what this means regarding my ability to maintain the necessary stamina to stay the course).
I thank you for reminding me of Bonhoeffer today; for whenever I pause to reflect upon his ethics I am reminded of his unwavering courage -- in the face of what must have "felt" like insurmountable evil.
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"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy." -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
[Born: 2-4-1906; died: 1945]
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