Tragedy is living

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Vulnerability is a precondition of identity

Limitation is a precondition of story

Confinement is a precondition of a game

Removal of these negative preconditions, freedom from them, removes their consequents from our lives. These truths are tragic, but not evil. If we wish to play the game, if we wish to have a story, if we desire to inhabit an identity, we must accept incarnation into all the tragedy of mortal life. And the crucifixion is an object lesson in what that may entail. But the resurrection is an argument for the worth of such endeavors. If you live you may suffer the worst of injustices; if you submit to be mortal you will suffer a mortal’s lot. But the journey may be worth the cost. And suffering and finitude make the story possible. 

Published by Mr Nobody

An unusually iberal conservative, or an unusually conservative liberal. An Anglicized American, or possibly an Americanized Englishman. A bit of the city, a bit of country living. An emotional scientist. A systematic poet. Trying to stand up over the abyss of a divided mind.