tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193914.post110994938866958226..comments2023-03-02T15:27:39.429+00:00Comments on Jonathan Chilvers: Stories of GraceJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149614237229028147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193914.post-1112883694180042582005-04-07T15:21:00.000+01:002005-04-07T15:21:00.000+01:00Something which always sticks in my mind, as an ex...Something which always sticks in my mind, as an example of grace, is something that happened last August. I'd just returned from 7 months in Asia and went back to work in the same office I'd worked in before I went away. I went to the local post office, and the woman there smiled, said hello and got out a cheap, yellow cardboard folder and gave it to me. I'd left it in there last time I was in the Post office (7 months before) and she'd kept it for me all that time, waiting till she saw me again. I was really touched.<BR/>Anna<BR/>xx<BR/>(who has finally found your blog!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10193914.post-1111402039609718512005-03-21T10:47:00.000+00:002005-03-21T10:47:00.000+00:00Hi Chris,Yes, I know that the Terminal is formulai...Hi Chris,<BR/>Yes, I know that the Terminal is formulaic and stereotyping, but you know that I look for the best in things.<BR/><BR/>I haven't been ignoring your question - I was just trying to figure out what I thought. I think grace is a better word to use. For me grace has specific connotations of cost and boundary breaking that 'love' loses because it has so many definitions. <BR/><BR/>'Love' also implies some form of relationship with someone out of which actions come. Thinking in terms of 'grace' opens up the possibilty of actions between strangers that may only last a few seconds or minutes. It would seem odd to say that the examples from the Terminal were actions of love, at least love as understood by society today. <BR/><BR/>So although this is a semantic answer, for me grace seems to touch on something deeper than the broad sweep of love or altruism can.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149614237229028147noreply@blogger.com