Sometimes the best we can do is simply bear witness. (Reply #25)

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Mon Apr 29, 2019, 12:19 PM

25. Sometimes the best we can do is simply bear witness.

And yours is a fine, fine essay of allowing us to be in the stillness with you standing firmly in the light that doesn't obscure some awful truths.

Thank you very much.

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105 replies	Author	Time	Post
A Long, Strange Walk [View all]	H2O Man	Apr 2019	OP
Wow. The more things change, indeed. Damn.	spicysista	Apr 2019	#1
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#2
I was transported, walking with you along the river.	panader0	Apr 2019	#3
Thanks, panader0 !	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#6
Thank you for sharing	voteearlyvoteoften	Apr 2019	#4
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#7
K&R...	spanone	Apr 2019	#5
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#8
What a beautiful post	malaise	Apr 2019	#9
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#11
We are all the products of everything we experienced	malaise	Apr 2019	#13
Right.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#18
You brother are a free man	malaise	Apr 2019	#70
An excellent read.	gademocrat7	Apr 2019	#10
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#12
Thank you, I enjoyed reading your post.	Bluepinky	Apr 2019	#14
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#16
The spirituality shines through in your writing, it's very comforting.	Bluepinky	Apr 2019	#26
Again, thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#32
Sounds like the perfect set-up--cabin, woods, pond, crackling fire and dogs.	Bluepinky	Apr 2019	#101
"What a lo-o-o-onnnng strange trip it's been..."	lastlib	Apr 2019	#15
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#17
A wonderful and bittersweet read, thank you for posting it..n/t	monmouth4	Apr 2019	#19
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#33
TY for this thread!	bluestarone	Apr 2019	#20
One of the finest posts I've ever encountered on this forum. A pleasure both to read and	Atticus	Apr 2019	#21
Thank you, Atticus.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#34
What a beautiful and moving post, my dear H20 Man...	CaliforniaPeggy	Apr 2019	#22
Thanks, Peggy!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#36
.	lunatica	Apr 2019	#23
Right.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#37
Wisdom, always wisdom, H20 Man.	democrank	Apr 2019	#24
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#38
Sometimes the best we can do is simply bear witness.	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	#25
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#39
he gave 'me' etc. for good writing	kiri	Apr 2019	#27
Yet English	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#29
no reason for disparaging the Brewerton culture	kiri	Apr 2019	#45
I wrote the	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#46
Determined to pick at it, are you? I see we didn't accompany Waterman on the same walk...	Hekate	Apr 2019	#63
Wouldn't that be "Pict attic"?	yonder	Apr 2019	#69
Looking for a Pict-ax would take me much further afield than New York State. Gods know what's...	Hekate	Apr 2019	#71
Yikes!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#83
I really enjoyed reading this post. I could visualize every step he took on his walk. I didn't	Tess49	Apr 2019	#81
Thanks.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#82
Thanks for the input. It helped to stifle my strong desire to be mean to that person. n/t	Tess49	Apr 2019	#90
The bow & arrow	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#91
Excellent point. I feel like I need to copy this response and carry it with me in my purse. I tend	Tess49	Apr 2019	#96
Uh oh! How are you ever going to outdo this essay? Thank you very, very much for sharing	Karadeniz	Apr 2019	#28
Oh, thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#47
Thank you for sharing your stream of remembrances and reflections	Pluvious	Apr 2019	#30
Right.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#48
Beautiful and poignant...	Docreed2003	Apr 2019	#31
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#49
Beautiful writing!	llmart	Apr 2019	#35
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#50
Wow! Interesting stories.	llmart	Apr 2019	#73
Oh, yes.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#93
I read lots. This is the best I've read on the internet in a long time. Thanks.	mahannah	Apr 2019	#40
Wow! Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#51
Beautifully written. Thank you.	Shrike47	Apr 2019	#41
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#52
Thank you.	yonder	Apr 2019	#42
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#53
Thanks for taking us on a thoughtful ramble...	Hekate	Apr 2019	#43
A few years back,	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#56
One of the fine things about being older is the long View.	nolabear	Apr 2019	#44
I agree.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#57
Your story took me back to my own youth...	kentuck	Apr 2019	#54
It's a curious thing,	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#58
I always felt younger than my body.	kentuck	Apr 2019	#61
I think that is	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#64
The young tend to think they will be young forever.	kentuck	Apr 2019	#67
I'm glad that	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#68
Thank you H2O Man!	kentuck	Apr 2019	#74
Very moving essay and excellently written. Thank you.	justhanginon	Apr 2019	#55
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#59
Thank You for the post...K and R.	Stuart G	Apr 2019	#60
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#62
Great post!	bluecollar2	Apr 2019	#65
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#66
This is a treasure. You are a treasure.	chia	Apr 2019	#72
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#84
You have to be old enough to appreciate the sentiments of looking back like this.	keithbvadu2	Apr 2019	#75
Right.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#85
I've never been a fan of Thoreau's philosophy. but ppl can't be painted in a single	Kurt V.	Apr 2019	#76
Thank you, for your poignant post.	wendyb-NC	Apr 2019	#77
Well, thanks, wendyb-NC !	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#86
I love going on your walks with you	coeur_de_lion	Apr 2019	#78
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#87
The more we walk the further away the city on the hill seems to be.	grantcart	Apr 2019	#79
Valid point.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#88
sirs or mamm,	AllaN01Bear	Apr 2019	#80
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#89
Thank you for	bdamomma	Apr 2019	#92
Well said.	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#94
Thank your for your wonderful story H2O man. Absolutely lovely. One of the best reads I have	c-rational	Apr 2019	#95
Thanks!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#98
kick	Demovictory9	Apr 2019	#97
One question:	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#99
lol. i hope so!	Demovictory9	Apr 2019	#100
I needed this, H2O Man	MBS	Apr 2019	#102
Thank you!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#104
I don't think I've ever read an OP of yours that I didn't Rec. This is one of your most powerful. nt	femmedem	Apr 2019	#103
Thanks, femmedem!	H2O Man	Apr 2019	#105

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