Question — In a relationship with a person, what do you fear will be stolen from you? Or better said for me, what do I believe will not be stolen. I hate to be a cynic, but aren’t most people motivated purely by self-interest? Are they sincere? Do they carry with them integrity? Okay, throughContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”
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F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)
Question — If you could attack anything, what would you attack? In my first marriage, my wusband cheated over and over and over. I never wanted to be anger with the women he cheated with. My contract was with him. I wanted to attack him. My father got away with murder. I never wanted toContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”
F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)
Question — Do you fear turmoil? Chaos? I did for many, many years. I was taught to avoid conflict. The very thought of fighting back would have caused me more pain in my upbringing and in the abusive marriage of 17 years that I found myself in. I was a great student. Abusers taught meContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”
A Challenge of Courage
Incest and all childhood sexual assault is wicked and evil. Call it what you will, but no person with true faith could rape a child. Why are we so dull? Why do we want to soften the blow of wickedness? Is it easier to not include evil with such acts? What else on God’s greenContinue reading “A Challenge of Courage”
F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)
Question — Do you fear using your voice? When you walk into a McDonald’s and order a burger with fries and a shake, how did you accomplish that? By using your voice. When you call a customer service help line with a problem and you find a solution, how did you accomplish that? By usingContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”
F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)
On the discussion of fear — Do you fear what your heart is carrying? Being abused my entire childhood left a sense of wonder in me. I wonder all kinds of things. What would it feel like to have been a loved child? What would it have felt like to be covered up, tucked inContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”
F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)
On the discussion of fear — Do you fear the future? Growing up in the isolation of an abusive home, I didn’t like tomorrows very much. What did tomorrow hold that looked different than what I had? There was no hope in my yesterday, there was no hope in the day, and there certainly wasContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”
Guilt, Persausion, Mood
Whatever the challenge is facing you today, I pray that you remember yourself. See yourself and be grateful you’ve made it this far. Childhood tragedy and trauma are inexplicable. The person without the experience will never understand the trauma. Period. I don’t care how much you read about our experiences. I don’t care how muchContinue reading “Guilt, Persausion, Mood”
“Few people have the imagination for reality.”
Quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe a German poet, playwright and novelist, considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era. He died in 1832. The courage to see reality has been around a very long time. Memory screams for interpretation, so it seems. Or does it? And, who should give that interpretation? TheContinue reading ““Few people have the imagination for reality.””
F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)
On the discussion of fear — Do you fear the future? Growing up in the isolation of an abusive home, I didn’t like tomorrows very much. What did tomorrow hold that looked different than what I had? There was no hope in my yesterday, there was no hope in the day, and there certainly wasContinue reading “F N’ F (Fear Not Friday)”