Jerry,

They used to bug me lots when I was a younger man. They did this, and they did that. Kinda like an 'everyman' idea, but not.

Man, there's some serious brains on this thread. It is neat to read the views of people to do with how they see themselves in relation to their universe and sometimes their God or G-d or Universal Spirit or . . .

Truth is, we take most stuff on faith. Heck, why not? If I needed God to prove everything to me, I'd never get anything done.

I had a student ask at the time of 9/11 if we would die. I said, "Yes, but not just now." My greatest fear over the years is that of answering an accident call or fire call and finding one of my students trapped or worse. However, I still answer calls, because faith says it's gotta be that way. I awake each day with the faith that somehow things will work out, and most of the time that faith is not misplaced.

Good thread, Jerry.

Bruce M