Examples of an Imperfect woman
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Quiet Strength of Kindness
I watched my daughter with Finn, how gentle and quiet her voice was and how he listened and followed her lead. He has an ear infection in both ears and needs twice daily drops. I was prepared for a struggle… Continue reading
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The Majority Vote.
Martha Beck writes in "Leaving the Saints"….. After a family therapy session where Martha remained the one lone family member willing to see abuse.." I could see that my siblings' truth, as well as that of all other Latter-Day Saints,… Continue reading
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Your Life Inside Out.
Chapter 24, Leaving the Saints, by Martha Beck. "My hardest labor, however, happened in my head and heart as I made the transition in my spiritual quest from Camel to Lion. This phase of inner change involves one of… Continue reading
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I am now a stranger…
Being a living ghost as I bump into my old life still catches me off guard. I am restrained by inner feelings and emotions; the easy flow of contact is no longer possible. Even a Hi is loaded down with… Continue reading
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Energy and Feeling Good
Slowly but surely my physical body has been pushed to the far reaches of my life, again. Well, I notice it when it creaks and aches and feels ouchy, when my neck and jaw are tense and in pain, when… Continue reading
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Perfect for Me.
A thought came to mind yesterday as I wondered about the withholding of truths, that perhaps it is the desire to be perfect that stops us. We don't want to say things that are upsetting or we don't want to… Continue reading
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What we endured.
From Martha Beck's book, Leaving the Saints "All my life, I'd read and reread a thousand religious epigraphs to the effect that "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." I'd always been told this had… Continue reading
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All it wants is truth.
Last night I woke up a few times with very strong feelings between Character and the Situation. That most often we blame the situation rather than blame our selves and the lack or the choice of action we took in… Continue reading
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Whatever Reality Serves.
My brother's blog (www.messyguru.typepad.com ) shows the switching characters that a mother often displays when faced with truths that directly oppose her life. Her life and dream and ideals. I have somehow had this wrong. I had presumed that my… Continue reading
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Coming From Whence We Came…
Our book club is reading the book, "leaving the Saints" by Martha Beck…this section was particularly affirming to me when I first read her book about five years ago. She recounts how her life began to make sense after getting… Continue reading
