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Thank you for this--an inspiring and brilliant essay! There are time I feel defeated, feel that the enemy is too strong, but I don't really believe it. The story of the West--which is basically the Christian story, which is basically a hero myth, ends with the good guys winning against all odds. Here's a funny story: I was walking down the rural road near my house and listening to a podcast featuring Jonathon Pageau and another Christian symbolist whose name escapes me. They were talking about the imagery of the apocalypse in the book of Revelation, what the various symbols mean, etc. The conversation was very dark and scary, but at the end Pageau said something like "but in the end the snake is defeated and the good guys win!" ..... and at that very second I looked down at the road and realized I was about to step on a dead snake. Its head had been smashed in by a car. The Universe (or God) has a sense of humour, apparently. Carl Jung called this kind of thing synchronicity. It always seems to happen just when I need it. Keep up the good fight, Margaret Anna Alice!

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The spirit of humanity is so incredibly resilient! Brilliant post : )

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