[stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!

[Judith Bron]

Angela, I've been trying to set something up for the newly disabled for 
awhile now.  This hits it on the head.  Sounds good the way it is.  Judith
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From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
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Subject: [stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!


> Hey guys,
>    Could someone give me some pointers on these two paragraphs? They are
> driving me crazy!
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>         A far better response to the death of God, according to Nietzsche,
> is for those of us who can to seize the moment and become gods ourselves. 
> "I
> assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it 
> endures
> and knows how to turn to its advantage;" (382) Here-in lies the will to
> power, going not with culture for cultures sake, but having the strength 
> to
> go against it. It is following our own instincts, chasing our own dreams,
> even though society might deem them unpermissible. Blind people living in 
> a
> sighted world are constantly flying in the face of cultural expectations
> when we attempt to do every-day things which are thought to require 
> vision.
> Nietzsche would laud us.
>
>         Going against the cultural grain is anything but easy, but
> Nietzsche contends that the tougher it is, the more we grow as a result.
> "Actually, every major growth is accompanied by a tremendous crumbling and
> passing away:" (112) As we take on new challenges and become new versions 
> of
> ourselves, we will lose some aspects of our old lives. The losses will be
> painful; these things were a part of us and we will miss them and grieve 
> for
> them in a way. This pain and grieving, according to Nietzsche, is
> liberating. In the end we will be freed from the shackles of old beliefs,
> old scruples, and old habits which had held us back for years. The 
> personal
> growth we will experience will make the pain and loss well worth it.
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Angela Fowler
>
> fowlers at syix.com
>
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