"Confronted by a situation which they had never faced before, and having no memories from which to find either solace or wisdom, they would not know what to do...."
I like the idea that our memories give us solace and wisdom.
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Well said! I also like this quote.
And, to expand on that concept, our collective memories and recorded memories make up the history we are doomed to repeat if we don't... remember!
I've been privileged to live in three of the world's great cities (Nairobi, Port-au-Prince and AsunciĆ³n, Paraguay) as well as spending time in many others (including nine weeks in Paris as a college student). I just moved to a new city: Kampala, Uganda. I've also lived in smaller towns in three countries. In all of those places there have been difficult days, but I've never found a city or town yet where God is not, and I don't anticipate finding one in the future, either. The name of my blog comes from the song "Love is Always There," by Carolyn Arends.
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Well said! I also like this quote.
And, to expand on that concept, our collective memories and recorded memories make up the history we are doomed to repeat if we don't... remember!
Yes! Have you read The Giver? It's about a community without those memories.
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