Agree or disagree, frankly I don't care. Who decides what is politically correct and what is not. I think USA has become so politically correct we are choking ourselves to death. In my own life I found myself afraid to speak or voice my opinion on certain subjects because of the way I might be perceived when I voiced my feelings. Am I not allowed anymore to speak what is in my heart? I might not agree with what is being said, but who says I am the one wrong in my views.
If the thought of the same sex actually having sex makes me queasy, so what, does that mean I have to accept the image in my head of the same sex as normal? No
If I say Iran, Iraq, or Pakistan people are not worthy of our men and women dying for them, so what, does this make me wrong, or politically incorrect? No
If I say, "hey illegals, get out of my country", am I the one thinking in the wrong? No
If you disagree, to bad, I just don't care.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
memories or lack thereof
I wonder where this year has gone. Mom always told me, when I was young and would say, "when is Christmas going to get here, or I wish I was older so I could.......", I would regret wishing my life away. I have no regrets, some bad memories but mostly the memories are wonderful, even the ones so painful I thought I would parrish at the time of the events. Yet as I am just this side of 50 I wonder what would have happened if I did have other memories or no memories at all.
I recently had the opportunity to read a letter from one older sister to her younger one by 7 1/2 years. Now I don't know the older one and after reading the letter I wonder why I would want to know her. She has her reasons I guess but after reading the letter my heart cried for the friend I cherish who is the younger sister.
The letter pretty much said the older sister had no memories of the younger sister and the ones she did have were not good ones. Claiming the younger one was jealous of her, making her life a hard one, and didn't want anything to do with her when their parents died. The letter was a long one, a tremendoulsy long one, a hurtful one, a letter meant to destroy.
The one thing the older sister doesn't realize is the younger sister while not perfect is learning day by day how to be strong, independent, and forgiving. Well she has always been forgiving, one of the nicest people I know. Too bad for the older sister. What she is giving up and frankly never bothered to have is truely a gift to all the rest of us.
I can positively say without any doubt at all, if given a choice in life, I do not ever want to meet the older sister and I can say to all willing to hear, the younger sister I is treasure from God. May you all be gifted enough to know her and share memories with her.
Marla
I recently had the opportunity to read a letter from one older sister to her younger one by 7 1/2 years. Now I don't know the older one and after reading the letter I wonder why I would want to know her. She has her reasons I guess but after reading the letter my heart cried for the friend I cherish who is the younger sister.
The letter pretty much said the older sister had no memories of the younger sister and the ones she did have were not good ones. Claiming the younger one was jealous of her, making her life a hard one, and didn't want anything to do with her when their parents died. The letter was a long one, a tremendoulsy long one, a hurtful one, a letter meant to destroy.
The one thing the older sister doesn't realize is the younger sister while not perfect is learning day by day how to be strong, independent, and forgiving. Well she has always been forgiving, one of the nicest people I know. Too bad for the older sister. What she is giving up and frankly never bothered to have is truely a gift to all the rest of us.
I can positively say without any doubt at all, if given a choice in life, I do not ever want to meet the older sister and I can say to all willing to hear, the younger sister I is treasure from God. May you all be gifted enough to know her and share memories with her.
Marla
Sunday, July 15, 2007
family
It is amazing to me the different dynamics's of family relationships. How we interact with each other, our remembrance's of the past, and how we believe sincerely our recollection of the past.
Recently I had the opportunity to experience first hand what I mentioned above. Two sister's, one I know very well and the other only from the blogs I have read from her postings. Two very different people, both claiming they love one another, but in their blogs, claim the other must hate them. Very confusing really to the outsider. I, being the outsider, must then rely on observation, experience, and trust.
Selfishly I find myself asking, why should I even care, why put the time and effort into finding out the truth? I take a moment and ponder these thoughts, sometimes more than a moment, because lets face it, most of the time, don't we really just want to think about ourselves and our own problems? Be real you know we do. It is natural.
After I take the selfish moment, an inner voice, will tell me the truth. Marla, you must care, because I care.
My inner voice is the Holy Spirit, when I allow myself to listen, that is. Our Father in heaven promises us He will never leave us nor forsake us.
Any way back to the two sisters, I have something to say. Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness. We don't forgive for their sake, we forgive for our sake. Both of the sisters are in the wrong in my opinion. Both of them have been very hurt, both are competing for their father's attention, using everything they can against each other, things I think should be left in the past. Forgive these things and forget them. How many times have we heard this. I know I have heard it many times, it is not easy to forget past hurts, past injuries, past failures, and past grievances. It is an ongoing healing process to forgive and then forget. I cannot honestly say I have mastered this, in fact I know I have not. As I said it is an ongoing healing process, but do it we must. WE MUST.
Don't give up on God and what I know He is doing in your lives. You two need to get together and talk, I mean really talk, tell the truth, get it all out. Your dad loves you both, with all your faults, failures, and past shames, so does our Father in heaven. You two are lucky, most people never know a fathers love.
Maybe you really will get to have a family get together as your dad would like, with everyone getting along, forgiven. Don't wait to long.
Said in love,
Marla
Recently I had the opportunity to experience first hand what I mentioned above. Two sister's, one I know very well and the other only from the blogs I have read from her postings. Two very different people, both claiming they love one another, but in their blogs, claim the other must hate them. Very confusing really to the outsider. I, being the outsider, must then rely on observation, experience, and trust.
Selfishly I find myself asking, why should I even care, why put the time and effort into finding out the truth? I take a moment and ponder these thoughts, sometimes more than a moment, because lets face it, most of the time, don't we really just want to think about ourselves and our own problems? Be real you know we do. It is natural.
After I take the selfish moment, an inner voice, will tell me the truth. Marla, you must care, because I care.
My inner voice is the Holy Spirit, when I allow myself to listen, that is. Our Father in heaven promises us He will never leave us nor forsake us.
Any way back to the two sisters, I have something to say. Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness. We don't forgive for their sake, we forgive for our sake. Both of the sisters are in the wrong in my opinion. Both of them have been very hurt, both are competing for their father's attention, using everything they can against each other, things I think should be left in the past. Forgive these things and forget them. How many times have we heard this. I know I have heard it many times, it is not easy to forget past hurts, past injuries, past failures, and past grievances. It is an ongoing healing process to forgive and then forget. I cannot honestly say I have mastered this, in fact I know I have not. As I said it is an ongoing healing process, but do it we must. WE MUST.
Don't give up on God and what I know He is doing in your lives. You two need to get together and talk, I mean really talk, tell the truth, get it all out. Your dad loves you both, with all your faults, failures, and past shames, so does our Father in heaven. You two are lucky, most people never know a fathers love.
Maybe you really will get to have a family get together as your dad would like, with everyone getting along, forgiven. Don't wait to long.
Said in love,
Marla
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