Forgiveness

[Paul Mackin]

>> Basically, I was thinking of ultimates. After all is said and done-
>> what's left? What really matters? It's glaringly obvious. No one
>> gets saved, except for another chance to die. Only one way
>> affords salvation and it's not given, it's giving- the progressive
>> tense. No one is saved by someone else's love, except
>> someone else. Dope, booze, weed, acid, religion, eating, sex,
>> making a killing in the market, bludgeoning defenseless video
>> characters to oblivion, shooting game if that's your ticket- are
>> all well worn paths to satisfaction, fleeting as it may be, but
>> nothing beats loving. Ultimately, it's the only way out of an
>> otherwise meaniingless life, isn't it?
>>
>
> Love makes the world go 'round!
>

Freud saw practical problems in loving thy enemy--a dangerous thing to
do sometimes (I think he said in Civilization and its Discontents).

Lenin on the other hand is supposed to have said on his death bed that
he wished he had had ten St. Fransises.

Love is a puzzle.

P.