On bravery

Jody. — 4/12/2007 5:44:42 AM (archived)

I love history. However, it wasn't until I had a discussion with someone very near and dear to me that I realized I do not know history at all.

He made me realize so much more than the textbook generalizations.
He is a catalyst in my journey to understand the incredible bravery of these people who shaped our past. We began with the American Revolution...he opened my eyes to the humanness of these men and women. What they must have felt, their fears, the hardships, the victories. It was an epiphany for me...and I thank him for a deeper almost intrinsic understanding that is beginning to unfold before me.

I was watching "The Right Stuff" the other day...a movie I have enjoyed several times before. I watched the story through a different understanding this time, and I am humbled at the magnificence of these very real, very fallible group of men and women....who forge ahead in spite of any self-doubts....with a conviction of doing what feels so right and true....whatever outcome that may unfurl....

I would have to say that in this light, the man I most admire in the recent past, would be Abraham Lincoln.

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On bravery - Jody. - 4/12/2007 5:44:42 AM
- The woman I most admire is Helen Keller (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 11:42:05 AM
  - Just another in-bad-taste aside - ER - 4/13/2007 3:15:17 PM
- Oh boy, I'm going to regret this. - RobVG - 4/13/2007 1:48:14 AM
  - Holy Moly Rob! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2007 10:54:14 PM
    - Yada yada ya li'l sh**...:):):) (n/t) - Jody sticking her tongue out at you - 4/15/2007 6:54:38 PM
    - Oh great... - RobVG - 4/15/2007 3:12:01 AM
      - Ah...so you ARE regretting that post, eh? - Jody - 4/15/2007 6:52:31 PM
        
        Actually I was pleasantly surprised. - RobVG - 4/15/2007 11:59:11 PM
        
        And what would have been the point of that? - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 12:36:40 AM
        
        Well, I certainly pondered the idea of... - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:05:49 AM
        
        re: chimpanzees' genetic material - Bonzo - 4/17/2007 7:50:24 PM
        
        Kinda figures, doesn't it? (n/t) - Fox - 4/19/2007 1:35:36 AM
  - Molly Walsh - Mary Anne - 4/14/2007 10:12:00 PM
    - Never a truer arrow loosed. - Yeti - 4/16/2007 6:39:01 AM
    - Good Golly Miss Molly! - Lindy - 4/15/2007 2:45:46 AM
  - And re: the Brooklyn Bridge... - Mary Anne - 4/14/2007 12:16:17 AM
  - How many do you hear about? - Mary Anne - 4/14/2007 12:10:50 AM
    - "...Everything Fred Astaire did...." - S - 4/18/2007 12:56:25 AM
      - Oh, I know! - Mary Anne - 4/18/2007 1:32:32 AM
        
        re: Oh, I know! - S - 4/18/2007 11:02:58 PM
    - re: How many do you hear about? - Marcia - 4/16/2007 2:51:13 AM
    - "Ginger brought sex to the partnership... - ER - 4/16/2007 1:49:30 AM
    - "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels. " - Lindy - 4/14/2007 2:56:40 PM
      - And I can't take credit for it. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 12:56:15 AM
      - As we can see by these posts... - Jody - 4/14/2007 6:46:03 PM
        
        The guys who don't get it...don't get any. - ER - 4/15/2007 3:39:47 PM
        
        and you would be spot on there, ER - Jody - 4/15/2007 6:50:05 PM
        
        Women do seem to have one disadvantage over men. - ER - 4/15/2007 9:32:56 PM
        
        Try to find any woman nowadays who recognizes irony. - TB - 4/16/2007 1:09:47 AM
        
        I would like to aMEND this post - Jody - 4/16/2007 2:18:32 AM
        
        We can if there's a pressing need. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 1:14:33 AM
        
        The Greek tailor and his customer... - ER - 4/16/2007 1:19:04 AM
        
        LOL! - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 1:34:13 AM
        
        re: LOL! - ER - 4/16/2007 1:43:14 AM
        
        Discussing? Hardly. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 2:23:51 AM
        
        Mary Anne how lucky you were!...my Grandfather couldn't have cared less. (n/t) - Jody - 4/17/2007 4:17:51 AM
        
        He'd be very proud to see how you're passing it onward... (n/t) - TB - 4/17/2007 3:07:14 AM
        
        Okay Smarty pants - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:01:45 AM
        
        I can't help myself, I'm Cuban. - ER - 4/16/2007 1:30:08 AM
        
        Cock-a-doodle- do - Jody - 4/16/2007 2:23:29 AM
        
        and the only disadvantage a man has is.. - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:15:18 AM
        
        Somebody had to break up this estrogen love fest. (n/t) - ER - 4/16/2007 1:31:25 AM
        
        There's your irony right there... (n/t) - RobVG - 4/16/2007 2:50:25 AM
        
        BUT.... - Jody - 4/16/2007 2:36:17 AM
        
        Only when there are pictures. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 2:41:03 AM
        
        :):):):):) (n/t) - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:16:14 AM
  - re: You never heard of Rosie the Riveter? - SteveS - 4/13/2007 11:20:51 PM
  - Behind every good man... - SDG - 4/13/2007 2:48:31 PM
  - tsk..tsk.... (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 1:21:23 PM
  - Read about John and Abigail Adams - Fox - 4/13/2007 2:50:01 AM
  - Wow! - Bowser - 4/13/2007 2:08:37 AM
    - "Which would you rather do, endure natural childbirth or sign the Declaration of Independence?" - Lindy - 4/13/2007 3:19:24 AM
  - bravery is a subjective term (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 2:04:46 AM
  - The women give birth to these men (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 2:03:49 AM
    - And raised them to be who they were. - TB - 4/13/2007 2:50:16 AM
      - re: And raised them to be who they were. - ER - 4/13/2007 3:27:39 PM
        
        That's the answer. - TB - 4/13/2007 6:35:58 PM

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