Some years ago a young U.S. Marine appeared on morning television and told of the ordeal of having been in an explosion, pinned under rubble and debris. The desperate cries from other soldiers shouting for help shattered the smoke-filled pit. He suddenly remembered saying, when he enlisted in the Marines, that he was not afraid to die. Now, he had different thoughts. He said that this moment was the first time in his life he really felt he knew what thanksgiving was all about. He was alive, at least, and he began to pray. He did not want to die.
More...DURING AN AUTUMN BREAK from college, three friends and I traveled up the East Coast to see the sights. We spent a day in Manhattan visiting St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue, and Central Park. It was twilight and we stopped to purchase roasted chestnuts and soft pretzels from a street vendor in Times Square.
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