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Friday, March 30, 2007

How Wide the Divide?

We consider the distance between the lives of, say, Adolf Hitler and Mother Teresa to be great. But what if the distance between leading a life like one and leading a life like the other is really only the distance between yes and no. And what if it only takes a second to make that decision? What if everything hinges on a single moment, albiet a recurring single moment? What if the distance between sinner and saint is as small as the second it takes to decide whether to live or jump?