tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post1057556535840964636..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: We Hope Because We Believe There Is An OutsideDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-33033961648016836952014-02-19T12:27:03.251-05:002014-02-19T12:27:03.251-05:00I've been spending too much time on Facebook. ...I've been spending too much time on Facebook. I want to "like" bearing's comment. <br /><br />Jenny brings it nicely back to Marcel's inspiration: hope also means acknowledging that you are in fact in prison. Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-85607245081868509272014-02-18T10:07:56.286-05:002014-02-18T10:07:56.286-05:00Jenny, yes. The painful part of hoping is the real...Jenny, yes. The painful part of hoping is the realistic assessment of the current circumstances. Sometimes you can muddle along thinking, "Oh, this isn't so bad," or "I'm okay," but hoping means that you have look things firmly in the eye and say, "Yes, this is really is bad." And opening yourself up this way can hurt, because you make yourself vulnerable.MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-11668284322589401732014-02-18T09:01:36.299-05:002014-02-18T09:01:36.299-05:00This is beautiful to contemplate.
Hope is not onl...This is beautiful to contemplate.<br /><br />Hope is not only a feeling of happy excitement, which I frequently forget. It is also a gritty perseverance in the right path when you actually feel like rolling up in a ball. Hope does smite because it carries with it the implicit acknowledgement that things can kinda suck around here.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507330852895229468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-69456977444462511602014-02-17T19:50:00.814-05:002014-02-17T19:50:00.814-05:00It really is a good quote. I scheduled it before I...It really is a good quote. I scheduled it before I left on retreat because I didn't know when I'd be posting again, and it was nice being reminded of it this morning. And the connection to LOTR is indeed very fitting.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-56490960381337476072014-02-17T17:19:39.787-05:002014-02-17T17:19:39.787-05:00Can I just say that I love the verb "smote&qu...Can I just say that I love the verb "smote" here? Perfect, just perfect.bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.com