Comments on: God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut http://resident-aliens.org/2008/04/11/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/ Reflections Of One Not At Home In This World Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: anng105 http://resident-aliens.org/2008/04/11/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/comment-page-1/#comment-3824 anng105 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:58:28 +0000 http://resident-aliens.org/?p=45#comment-3824 This sentence at the close of your paper resonates deeply in me: "So he put his back to the repetitious task of moving a boulder of words up a hill only to have to roll back down again and again. He took up his pen and dutifully danced with death. It all sounds so absurd." I found your weblog through LibraryThing (we have several books in common) and have read several posts here. Thank you for your thoughts on the eternal questions. I feel the hush of a monastery or a convent here. I have started writing as a way to work through issues of forgiveness. I am a catholic who lost a son last year at age 35. I read your poem describing the taunting thoughts in the darkness of night ---I know that state well. Catholics believe in salvation through faith alone, not merit. I agonize over what that means, I accept it completely but can't help analyzing the meaning of forgiveness--- the boulder in my writing. Thanks for your words. This sentence at the close of your paper resonates deeply in me: “So he put his back to the repetitious task of moving a boulder of words up a hill only to have to roll back down again and again. He took up his pen and dutifully danced with death. It all sounds so absurd.”

I found your weblog through LibraryThing (we have several books in common) and have read several posts here. Thank you for your thoughts on the eternal questions. I feel the hush of a monastery or a convent here.

I have started writing as a way to work through issues of forgiveness. I am a catholic who lost a son last year at age 35. I read your poem describing the taunting thoughts in the darkness of night —I know that state well. Catholics believe in salvation through faith alone, not merit. I agonize over what that means, I accept it completely but can’t help analyzing the meaning of forgiveness— the boulder in my writing. Thanks for your words.

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