Naw, I wasn't even thinking hijack, not at all, but I do appreciate the discussion. Any time any one can learn, grow, and share their life, the time spent is well invested.
I still believe that Dick's base is still good, as I believe that we all have that same goodness within us all. How you ask? Well, it is simple, and I will admit, probably too simple, but it is how I view people in general.
We are all born perfect, with a greater understanding and acceptance of love. It's my belief, God is love. When we are born, we have little to no life experiences, very few fears, I have read that we really have only two natural fears at birth, as I am still working on this theory, and am not totally sold on this idea. However, with this said, the love we have at the time of birth is nearly whole, and probably the most perfect we will ever know for the rest of our lives. This is where I believe we all start with a good base, we all have a good within us all, deep within our inner child.
As the hours turn into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, months into years, years into decades, we have our life experiences, which can sometime lead to defense mechanisms, or survival tactics, which are developed to help us protect ourselves from what we experience as pain, often trauma, abuse, neglect. These defense mechanisms often lead to depression, emotional problems, personality disorders.
Unfortunately, it seems only the strong of heart, strong of faith, those of us with a strong desire to achieve what we had in the beginning, the ability to love and to be loved unconditionally, make a choice to dis-arm the armor we so carefully constructed during our early lives to find what we had been given and knew at birth.
Like I said, it's a rather simple concept, and quite possibly too simple for reality..... but it is the way I hope to find God's plan for us all. This concept has allowed me to separate the disease from the person, and continue to love the people in my life, especially those who I once felt caused me emotional pain, but now understand it wasn't the person as much as it was their own emotional pain that I once saw, which may have hurt me.
It's allowed me to find forgiveness, which allows me to move on from the past, in order to move forward and hope for the joy and happiness I seek.
I know it is out there, it's just a matter of time and patience. Even Dick and his antics won't stop me from finding what I look for.... it's only a matter of time before he is caught in his own deception, which will set me free from his court manipulations.
Take care of you, God Bless
Love,
Laughing
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you.........
