tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post5927727764428499642..comments2024-01-14T12:04:49.488-05:00Comments on Behind the Lines: Poetry, War, & Peacemaking: Where Do I Find Hope?Philip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-48012934449385654862010-12-13T22:58:53.954-05:002010-12-13T22:58:53.954-05:00I followed the link and read your full post at The...I followed the link and read your full post at The Basin Blog.<br /><br />I suppose what gives me hope, as much as anything, is the awareness that -- in spite of occasional claims and indications otherwise -- history is not over yet.<br /><br />No matter how bleak it may seem in the short run, human beings have been here a long time, and living creatures a longer time, and the earth itself still longer... And although, in a sense, this could lead one to feel small in a large universe, it also helps lend perspective to the daily frenzies of our lives -- which are not over yet, which are not the whole story, and through which we may yet find our way.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-71673196018111196612010-12-13T21:08:54.551-05:002010-12-13T21:08:54.551-05:00In a lotery ticket, in La Vegas, in praying, in a ...In a lotery ticket, in La Vegas, in praying, in a uprising, in a lonely woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com