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

[Judith Bron]

Thanks.
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From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
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> Oh, I guess it does touch on that. Well, if you want to use it, go ahead.
> It'd be good to see it put to some good use.
>
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> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 8:38 PM
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> Yes.  I've been working with someone for about a year now.  The newly
> disabled are in a different situation than someone disabled from birth.
> Besides myself, I know many people in this situation and all of us found
> that when we first became disabled we needed help with coping skills, we
> went through the steps in mourning that people go through when they lose
> someone or something very dear to them and we had to get back to a point
> where we liked ourselves again.  Eventually we are just as normal as our
> peers, but it doesn't happen overnight.  Judith
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> From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
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>> Judith, trying to set something up for the newly disabled? I have a
>> cold, and so am very slow on the uptake today. (smile)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Judith Bron
>> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:46 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!
>>
>> 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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>> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 2:03 PM
>> 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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