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There is No Time, There Will Be Time
opinion journal ^ | September 18, 2001 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 09/19/2001 11:16:58 AM PDT by janee

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:03:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

I suppose it is commonplace to say it, but it's true: There is no such thing as time. The past is gone and no longer exists, the future is an assumption that has not yet come, all you have is the moment--this one--but it too has passed . . . just now. The moment we are having is an awfully good one, though. History has handed us one of the easiest rides in all the story of man. It has handed us a wave of wealth so broad and deep that it would be almost disorienting if we thought about it a lot, which we don't.


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Forgive me. The screendoor is open! I am persistent and asking that the prayers of you and yours be the same. We can and will pray the terror and evil out of this world. God bless our leaders and their decisions.
1 posted on 09/19/2001 11:16:58 AM PDT by janee
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Our prayers will do more to determine our fate than anything in our arsenals. I just hope people listen.
2 posted on 09/19/2001 11:44:00 AM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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Chilling, but then again, somehow not. I DO think we all knew something like this would happen--it was just a matter of time.
3 posted on 09/19/2001 2:25:02 PM PDT by LibertyGirl77
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