Comments on: Charles N. Isaac (1919-2008) http://gregoryisaac.com/blog/2008/04/12/untitled/ Greg's Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:29:29 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wayne http://gregoryisaac.com/blog/2008/04/12/untitled/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Wayne Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:59:39 +0000 http://gregoryisaac.com/blog/?p=18#comment-13 Just want to send my sincerest condolences to you and your family through this tough time. He is in a better place now, and no longer suffering. Just want to send my sincerest condolences to you and your family through this tough time. He is in a better place now, and no longer suffering.

]]> By: Alexander http://gregoryisaac.com/blog/2008/04/12/untitled/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Alexander Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:42:22 +0000 http://gregoryisaac.com/blog/?p=18#comment-12 The only ways I know to respond here are preachy, which is why I did not respond to this information elsewhere. I'm a Presbyterian myself. While we still mourn at funerals, it's only for a momentary separation. And even that's an illusion enforced by our finite perception. To quote Tolkien, "I do not say 'do not mourn,' for not all tears are evil." However, don't let it consume you. And if this prompts you to do some soul-searching, remember that that is not bad and need not be painful, either, so I'm all for it. The only ways I know to respond here are preachy, which is why I did not respond to this information elsewhere.

I’m a Presbyterian myself. While we still mourn at funerals, it’s only for a momentary separation. And even that’s an illusion enforced by our finite perception. To quote Tolkien, “I do not say ‘do not mourn,’ for not all tears are evil.” However, don’t let it consume you.

And if this prompts you to do some soul-searching, remember that that is not bad and need not be painful, either, so I’m all for it.

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