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bhall II wrote:He was a complex character, and I tend to think those are the very best kind. While at times he was xtraordinarily abrasive and given to fits of obstinance - both the marks of a man who lives squarely within his chest and cannot help but be himself - some of the highest compliments I've ever received are when Thomas Arvidsson quietly incorporated aspects of my worldview into his own. It meant they met a standard that was intolerant of bullshit and unabashedly towered over the lowest common denominator. (When he stopped questioning my thoughts on aero, I knew with absolute certainty I was at least in the vicinity of the right path, and that's just all there is to it.)

I wish I had known him better, even if there's a better than average chance we wouldn't have gotten along very well in real life - our personalities are waaaay too similar. All the same, I regret not reaching back when it seemed clear he had reached out. I was inexplicably too timid to rock the boat and venture into the unseen areas that lay beneath the surface and (wholly) define our humanity.

"You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." ~ commonly attributed to C.S. Lewis

So, here are few things I have no right to say to anyone (and should not be viewed as references to anything specific at all):

To forgive is to abandon all hope for a better past.

Rules are arbitrary.

Everything changes.

It's never too late.