Much admiration for Aron Ralston........
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| Fri, 05-09-2003 - 7:00am |
He is the 27 year old hiker who cut off his own hand to save his life. What an amazing interview. He spoke for about 30 minutes and it was the most awe inspiring interview I have ever watched. That young man will surely succeed in life. His perception of life and lack of bravado towards what he did, were something else. He spoke in a calm manner of what got him through the 5 days of being pinned by that boulder. I wish you could have seen the interview, because I certainly cannot present to you, the feelings he brought out in me.
Towards the end of the interview, he told how he had to break each bone in his arm to free himself. I cried. His voice was calm, factual. Oh dear, such a beautiful young man. The world needs more people like him.
Lanie

This is one of those times I argued with God. He must have been there but He should have done more. It makes me angry! I have always had a hard time with the *Thy will be done* part of faith. I also never took orders well.
And to think! I considered becoming nun! LOL!
Many blessings to you today!
F.
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A very brave young man, as far as the "thy will be done" you'll get now lecture from this bug.
I personally have quite a few disagreements with some of the things that were drummed into those of us that attended Catholic school, especially in light of how many of those things have been "changed" over the years.
Val
But, oh my, what inner strength - and such a will to live!
As to the 'thy will be done' thing ..... I think that some churches stress far too much the 'leave it to God' thing. Personally I think they should be stressing that we learn to use the mind He gave us to make wise decisions!!!
God did not put Aron in harms way, God did not "let" it happen to him, Aron made the choice that put him in harms way. God, however, did help Aron through his ordeal by giving him the strength to do what was necessary to survive.
IMHO....
Kt
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