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PostSCRIPT anger, revenge and the like are the ragings
ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĞŐŽƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ Ă ĨŽƵŶĚĂƚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ
ũƵƐƚŝĐĞ͕ ŽŶůLJ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƚƌĞĚ͘ DƵƚƵĂů
Choosing Wisdom ƌĞĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƚŝŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞƌǀĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝƐ ĨŽƌ
reconciliation. We must resist thinking only
ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ůĞĨƚ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ
Over Mayhem ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ
ƉƌŽŵƉƚĞĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ &ůŽLJĚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ
ƚŽ ĐĂůů ĨŽƌ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ͙
ŽƐƚŽĞǀƐŬLJ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůĂƐƚ ǁŽƌŬ͕ dŚĞ ƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ǁŝƐĚŽŵ ŽǀĞƌ ŵĂLJŚĞŵ͘ KĨ
<ĂƌĂŵĂnjŽǀ͕ ƚĞůůƐ Ă ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ DĂƌŬĞů͕
D diagnosed with tuberculosis and dying. The Sleeping Giant
In a conversation with his mother she wonders
ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ƉŽƐƐŝďůLJ ďĞ ƐŽ ũŽLJĨƵů ŝŶ ƐŽ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ
Ă ƐƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŝůůŶĞƐƐ͘ Ĩ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ
ƌŝƉĞ ĨŽƌ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ WŝŶĞ ,ŝůůƐ
ŶĚ ǁĞ ƋƵŽƚĞ͗ ΗDĂŵĂ͕Η ŚĞ ƌĞƉůŝĞĚ ƚŽ O area appears poised to surge into a new era. As
ŚĞƌ͕ ΗĚŽ ŶŽƚ ǁĞĞƉ͕ ůŝĨĞ ŝƐ ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌƐ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ŽĨ ͚dŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ
Ăůů ŝŶ ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ŝƚ͕ ďĞƐƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŚŽď ŶŽď ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕͟ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ
ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǁĞ ĚŝĚ ĐĂƌĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ŝƚ͕ ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůLJ Ă ͚ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŐŝĂŶƚ͛͘
be established in all the world tomorrow." ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ Ă ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ
And we all wondered at his words, so ǁŝůů ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ WŝŶĞ ,ŝůůƐ ĂƌĞĂ͘ dŚĞ
strangely and so resolutely did he say this; >LJŶdž ďƵƐ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƐůĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ ŝŶ
ǁĞ ĨĞůƚ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ ĞŵŽƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ǁĞƉƚ͙͘Η ĞĂƌ about a year; the Hawthorne senior residence at the
ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ĚƌŽƉůĞƚ ŽĨ ŵLJ ďůŽŽĚ͕Η ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ;Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ^ŝůǀĞƌ WŝŶĞƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ϮϬϮϭ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ͖
ƚŝŵĞ ŚĞ ŚĂĚ ďĞŐƵŶ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞ WƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ Ăƚ ŵĞƌĂůĚ sŝůůĂƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ
ŬŝŶĚ͕ ƵŶĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ŽŶĞƐͿ͕ ΗďĞůŽǀĞĚ ĚƌŽƉůĞƚ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ͖ KƌĂŶŐĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞůŝŵŝŶĂƌLJ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ
ŵLJ ďůŽŽĚ͕ ũŽLJĨƵů ŽŶĞ͕ LJŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ dZ^ ƵƚŽŵŽƟǀĞ ƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ WŽǁĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ^ŝůǀĞƌ
ƚƌƵƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƵƐ ŝƐ ŐƵŝůƚLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ăůů ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ^ƚĂƌ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŽƐƋƵŝƚŽ ŽŶƚƌŽů ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ
ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͘ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶ ŚĞĂĚƋƵĂƌƚĞƌƐ͖ t t ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ
ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͕ ďƵƚ / ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐŽ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůĂƌĐŽŶĂͲKĐŽĞĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƉŬĂͲsŝŶĞůĂŶĚ͖
ŽĨ ƚŽƌŵĞŶƚ͘ ŶĚ ŚŽǁ ĐŽƵůĚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ůŝǀĞĚ Ăůů KƌĂŶŐĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ 'ŽŽĚŝŶŐƐ ƐƚŽƌĞ
this time being angry with one another and ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ KƌĂŶŐĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ ƵůƚƵƌĂů ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͖ ŵĂnjŽŶ
ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ͍Η ,Ğ ƐƉŽŬĞ ĞǀĞŶ ŽĨ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ tŝŶŶͲ ŝdžŝĞ ǁĂƌĞŚŽƵƐĞ ŽŶ ŽĂƐƚ
ďĞŝŶŐ ŐƵŝůƚLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ĐƌĞĂƚŝŽŶ >/ŶĞ ZŽĂĚ͖ ĂŶĚ tĞƐƚƐŝĚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů 'ƌŽƵƉ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƚ
Ψϭ ŝůůŝŽŶ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĐůƵď
͙ΗzĞƐΗ͕ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ΗĂůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŵĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ property in Rosemont.
ƐƵĐŚ ĚŝǀŝŶĞ ŐůŽƌLJ͗ ďŝƌĚƐ͕ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ ŵĞĂĚŽǁƐ͕ ƐŬLJ͕ dŚĞ ĐŽƌĞ njŝƉ ĐŽĚĞ͕ ϯϮϴϬϴ͕ ŝƐ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ
and I alone have lived in disgrace, I alone ŚŽƩĞƐƚ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ ŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ͘ EŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ
have dishonored it all, completely ignoring its ĂīŽƌĚĂďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ^ŝůǀĞƌ ^ƚĂƌ
beauty and glory." /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ƐƵď ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ŝƐ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĚĞƐŝƌĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽLJƐ
ΗzŽƵ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶLJ ƐŝŶƐ ƵƉŽŶ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͕͛Η Ă ϵϳ͘ϲ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJ ƌĂƚĞ͕ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ KƌůĂŶĚŽ͛Ɛ
dear mother would say, weeping. "But dear ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϵϰ͘ϴ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ͕ ƵƐŚŵĂŶ Θ tĂŬĞĮĞůĚ ;Ez^ ͗
ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ũŽLJ ŽĨ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ͘ / Ăŵ ĐƌLJŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ũŽLJ͕ t<Ϳ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵďŵĂƌŬĞƚ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƌĞŶƚ
ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŐƌŝĞĨ͖ ǁŚLJ͕ / ŵLJƐĞůĨ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁĂƐ Ψϲ͘ϵϰ ƉĞƌ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ĨŽŽƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ
ŐƵŝůƚLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ŽŶůLJ / ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶ ŝƚ ƚŽ KƌůĂŶĚŽ͛Ɛ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ Ψϱ͘ϳϲ ƉĞƌ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ĨŽŽƚ͘
LJŽƵ͕ ĨŽƌ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ >Ğƚ dŚĞ ĞŶƐƵƐ ĞƐŝŐŶĂƚĞĚ WůĂĐĞ ĂůŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ
ŵĞ ďĞ ĐƵůƉĂďůĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ăůů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ Ăůů ǁŝůů greater Pine Hills area represents more than 70,000
ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞ ŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ͘ ŵ / ŶŽƚ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐ͘ /Ĩ ŝƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ
in paradise now?" endquote. the second largest city in the Orlando metro
dŚĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶ ŽƐƚŽĞǀƐŬLJ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ area.
ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĂƐƐĂŐĞƐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͙ Our time has come.
everything. Blame, recrimination, bitterness, -The Editors
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