So...I keep going and daily try to be a better race, a better human, a better mother, a better daughter, a better woman, a better soul....because I have tomorrow to be better and the next day to be even better than that! Perhaps I die as 1 does one day....than my "better-ness" lives on within all whom crossed my path~ because I choose to believe we are far more alike than we are different!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
30.......vs.....60+
Why must it be a problem that I have certain beliefs that differ from my parents? Why must I receive email after email from both sides of my family that tell me what I believe is wrong.... Why must my family make the decision to push me away further and further by forcing me to see their side. We have differences about: race, religion, politics, abortion, raising children, gun rights....and so forth...Being different isn't Being bad! I have asked for nothing but peace between us. Although my family and I don't see eye to eye on many of lifes issues I know that I do believe in the importance of family. It seems as if pushing us away who think differently is much more important than loving us despite our differences.... It plagues me to TRY and wrap my mind around how they are being what they are taught is "Christ-like." Perhaps I was wrong when I thought acceptance of humanity and all our differences is a universal language. Perhaps it is impossible for others to understand how 1 can be happy without seeing the same light as they, the same God, the same same same......
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Maybe because they love you. Maybe because they really believe in what they're trying to tell you. It doesn't mean it's not annoying to be constantly told you're wrong, especially if it's what YOU truly believe, but it's doubtful they're trying to push you away. More than likely they're trying to ensure your "eternal happiness". Just because you think that's a bunch of crap doesn't mean they do---and if you thought you could help your children achieve true joy, wouldn't you try...even if it did annoy the shit out of them? If family is important to you, grin and bare the annoyingness. You are probably annoying them, too ;) After all, as you said yourself, in the end we are a lot more alike than we are different.
Remember, nearly all Judeo-Christian faiths are based in nagging. I can tell you with certainty that there are plenty of inactive members of other religions that get the same load of trouble from their parents and family. It's because they want you to be with them, not only in physical proximity but in spiritual proximity. It's the nature of organized religion I'm afraid.
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