to be learned from the events in iran ...

death stalks, finds and is upon us, ... , and will not be evaded.

neither can the challenges of life be evaded, and no path of comfort lies to its fullest fruition.  it lies on the arduous path, those joys and sorrows, those defeats and triumphs that give it fullness, that lend it the great worth.  courage, bravery, steadfastness, the joy of clamor and tumult, and even suffering the full penalty of great risks undertaken confer the grace, beauty, stature, and moral & aesthetic sensibility of a life fully and truly lived.

g_d bless those whose courage makes tyrants the world over tremble at their aspect, at their prospect, and with full knowledge of the triumph of their courage and purpose, and their thirst for freedom. 

to those felled by the bullets and bludgeons of closed minds and crippled visions, know well the flower of your youth lives forever in the hearts and minds of your countrymen, and in the vision of persons you never met, let alone realized admired you.

may the rest of us not betray your memories.

john jay @ 12.28.2009