tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36326453.post596582502756548417..comments2023-04-01T12:25:03.687-07:00Comments on The Journal of Hofstadr Hearth: The Life of a Heathen Family: The Giants in the WaterAlfarrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16532701327343776837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36326453.post-54057641639595296022008-09-02T00:06:00.000-07:002008-09-02T00:06:00.000-07:00Ule, what you say in this post should resonate wit...Ule, what you say in this post should resonate with anyone who is watching this swiftly tilting planet with a sense of dread. <BR/><BR/>Usually, in the face of certain catastrophe, I too think of a story--a true story--about the sea. When the Titanic was sinking in the middle of the cold Atlantic, the men who were not evacuated into the lifeboats gathered on the deck to await the collapse of the giant metal boat as it broke in half and sank to the bottom of the sea. <BR/><BR/>To give courage to the people who faced their last hour of life with certain doom, the Titanic orchestra, led by bandmaster Wallace Hartley, played upbeat music, to keep the other people from panicking. All of them, of course, died. I can't imagine being one of those young men, knowing I was about to face an early and horrifying death, and yet keeping it together enough to keep playing the music. I think it is one of the greatest stories of valor I have ever read. (http://www.euronet.nl/users/keesree/song1.htm)<BR/><BR/>You are right, Ule, those of us who can see, very clearly, the cliff off of which the world seems hellbent on sailing, must continue to do what we can, to not give in to despair, to keep to our posts and keep others from losing hope. That is the hero's path.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com