Was it really better then?

Feb 26, 2008 13:13

I am currently working on a story with a villain that I love and hate almost as much as my heroine does, and I, as a writer, know that the story does not permit me to redeem him. To this end I have been reading back through every Dragonlance book I have that deals with Raistlin Majere (my villain is partially based on his character). The italicized ( Read more... )

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solusfides February 27 2008, 03:06:25 UTC
if we simply "absorbed" pain, would we still learn from it? Would we take the blow, as it were, absorb it and then no longer be phased by it? The idea of painful situations are, in a sense, things we aren't designed to absorb, yes. But we are designed, none the less, with the ability to experience pain in the first place. We are designed to feel the burn of a stove and, thus, know not to do it again.
God created us in the physical and spiritual realms, to have senses with which to learn, develop, grow, and feel.
You are right to say that we do not forget anything, in the end. Spiritually, every event, person, place and thing leaves a permanent imprint on our souls. This is why, for instance (as the youth leader has recently been reminding his students at my church) we never forget the people we have "been with." Every experience leaves a "sexual ghost" that we will never forget. Similar to the way a physical place in this world can retain a spiritual echo of events that have taken place there, so do our spiritual selves retain the pattern of every event and person in our lives.

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