The Exercise of Vital Powers

Category: Change

  • Ghosts And Scars

    Ghosts And Scars

    Dedicated to “Chris.”

    The good news is that the pain will come to an end.

    The Test

    February 28, 2014, came and went without fanfare nor incident.

    There’s nothing special about that date…except that it marks the 41st anniversary of the passing of a farm boy from Cottam, Ontario.

    He was not special nor exceptional; just another man struggling occasionally to make his way through life, rarely thinking of the end; just getting today done; whatever it took; as dictated by his heritage.  And occasionally, a struggle it was, being orphaned before his teens, living with the extended family or in the orphanage, later on working the farms in lower Ontario.  Then, came the great adventure, wherein he and his peers lined up before dawn at the local army recruiting station the day after the Wehrmacht invaded Poland.

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  • Test Post One

    Test Post One

    Thou Shalt Not Be A Bystander

    Thou shalt not be a victim.
    Thou shalt not be a perpetrator.
    And above all,
    Thou shalt not be a bystander.

    Source: Yehuda Bower

    To Know

    You do not wish to know…anything. You wish only to speak. That which you know, you ignore, because it is inconvenient. That which you do not know, you invent. But none of that matters, except that he was a good man, a kind man, who cared about the world, even when the world cared nothing for him.

    Source: – Delenn responding to criticism of John Sheridan in J. Michael Straczynski’s Babylon 5 Series: “The Deconstruction of Falling Stars” episode.

    To What Extreme?

    How far can you go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?

    Source: – Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Uncertain World

    Faith, it’s an uncertain world entirely!

    Source: – Geofrey Blood. Captain Blood. Republic Pictures. 1935.

    Understand Your Way

    Patience is also a weapon when used properly.

    We will arrive when we arrive, and we will have the weapons we have.

    You cannot win this war through force.

    You must understand your way out of this.

    Sheridan knows.

    …

    What remains to be seen is whether he knows that he knows.

    Source: – Lorien to Susan Ivanova in the “Into the Fire” episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s Babylon 5 Series. 1994.

    Uninformed Privilege

    This guy abuses the privilege of being uninformed.

    Source: – Dr. Gary North

    Very Human

    Ivonova: “I wish I knew how things were going out there. The Captain’s idea about hitting Vorlon targets, delaying them long enough to put our fleets in the killing zone, between the Vorlons and Shadows.”

    Lorien: “A brilliant strategy. He’s making a crucible, which he hopes will force out the truth. Quite brave. Possibly futile. But, very human.”

    Source: – Babylon 5, Fourth Season, Episode 6: “Into The Fire”

    Vincible Ignorance

    Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.

    Source: – Aldous Huxley

    Where You’re Going

    You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.

    Source: – Yogi Berra

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