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To: Lady Jag; A CA Guy; NicknamedBob

The lament is often heard that we are judged by our past; "You'll never live it down", is a common line. Many have paid homage to that notion in seeking some excuse for themselves.

Despite all, though tis fair common theme, still the thought seems an infrequent guest of our consciousness that our past may also be judged by our future; that we may, in a moment of indescretion, destroy a lifetime of virtues.

And who can tell which may be worse: to never rise above the errors of one's past; or to have ascended to great heights and then, by some passing stupidity, brought it all down in heaping ruins?

But tomorrow will tell, for tomorrow will see the ruined man rise or remain fallen. All hope is bound up in tomorrow.


5,211 posted on 07/31/2006 11:31:21 AM PDT by HKMk23 (Teach your children war that your grandchildren may know peace.)
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To: HKMk23

That is just beautiful.


5,212 posted on 07/31/2006 11:32:20 AM PDT by Hi Heels (Don't you wish there were a knob on the computer to turn up the intelligence?)
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To: HKMk23; A CA Guy; NicknamedBob
That's lovely and thought provoking. I like the old fashioned way of just leaving well enough alone. One outburst shouldn't condemn a man
5,214 posted on 07/31/2006 11:47:41 AM PDT by Lady Jag (True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genie)
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