tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post4710355418436019312..comments2023-10-12T16:58:14.741-04:00Comments on Anonymous Legacy: VisDare 37: TrajectoryAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05145626477713347271noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-9073538377961634942013-09-16T16:57:12.012-04:002013-09-16T16:57:12.012-04:00Yes, I'm sorry about the different comments fo...Yes, I'm sorry about the different comments format!! I am currently without a computer and should have it back midweek. Then I'll be able to tackle the problem of getting the Disqus back in the comments where it belongs. :)<br /><br />Also --- love the the map analogy, almost a nautical feel to weathering life's storms. So broad and terrifying, near and endearing. Well done!!! Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145626477713347271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693014699643165460.post-38725804627165738852013-09-14T13:11:39.672-04:002013-09-14T13:11:39.672-04:00Eeeeeek: non-blog submitting has changed!! Amanda...Eeeeeek: non-blog submitting has changed!! Amanda<br /><br />~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Never before had he felt like this. Gone the sybaritic indulgences, the hedonistic pleasures of a playboy. Now he was a father.<br /><br />The love hurt, physically and emotionally.<br /><br />How could protect this baby son? How could he dictate the path his life would take?<br /><br />If only there was a sextant that mapped the path of a joyful journey, the quadrants of life set on a course of calm waters, with neither doldrums nor tempests. Or a chronometer that ticked away the hours in the knowledge of safety. No bad decisions, no unhappiness, no wasted opportunities, no mistakes, no selfish disregard for others. <br /><br />Impossible, of course. Nobody can dictate the longitude and latitude a life will take. Better to tell his son that when he walks through shadows he must stand tall. Sunshine will appear.<br /><br />The father smiled.<br /><br />The baby slept on, unaware that his father’s own compass had been reset.<br />Amandanoreply@blogger.com