http://marssie.com/2007/09/23/zo-zo/ marssie mencotti Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://marssie.com/2007/09/23/zo-zo/comment-page-1/#comment-19 B Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:07:22 +0000 http://www.marssie.com/2007/09/23/zo-zo/#comment-19 In some ways it's a pity that evolution has left us with this instinct to find illness, and the ill, repellent. On the other hand, though, it provides occasions for us to do better -- to insist that love and kindness can overrule instinct; to learn again that the better angels of our natures are, indeed, better; and to show that it is such moments of inner struggle that can produce not only virtue but sometimes, even in a blog post, art. In some ways it’s a pity that evolution has left us with this instinct to find illness, and the ill, repellent. On the other hand, though, it provides occasions for us to do better — to insist that love and kindness can overrule instinct; to learn again that the better angels of our natures are, indeed, better; and to show that it is such moments of inner struggle that can produce not only virtue but sometimes, even in a blog post, art.

]]> http://marssie.com/2007/09/23/zo-zo/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Halsted Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:33:30 +0000 http://www.marssie.com/2007/09/23/zo-zo/#comment-18 Mooms, this is such an exquisite post. I love the way you write because it so closely mirrors how you think and talk and feel. Thank you for teaching me something every time I read your words. Mooms, this is such an exquisite post. I love the way you write because it so closely mirrors how you think and talk and feel. Thank you for teaching me something every time I read your words.

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