SilverRose

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  1. No its perfect it made me think of my soul awash in the void of the web of life and the blurry shoreline made me wonder if its all an illusion. And my voice seems so small in reference to it all.

    dunno whether this ^ was meant sarcastically or not, but just a fyi:

    was neither a "blooper" nor intentional, wasn't meant to "make a statement"... was simply a matter of

    I really like the photo, and don't wanna muck it up with a lot of text :)

  2. by way of explanation:

    I quit writing poetry a couple of decades ago, when "average everyday life" took precedence over anything of a creative nature. when I came to this forum, a number of people urged me to start doing it again. well, I continued to do so, despite the fact that I was never able to regain my "youthful talent."

    recently, I came across the notebooks I'd filled since I first started here on the forum. decided to take on a lil personal project- gathering together ones to keep. in doing so, it was like one of those "little lightbulbs" going off-- while in some instances the "crappy little attempts at poetry" were in fact the only 'voice' I had, reading them made something clear which to me is even more important: my words, and forming the words, were in no way unique-- they could have come from anyone who was in similar situations. not sure whether anyone would understand why that's so important- but to me it is.

    this was also my first attempt at designing a book cover- needless to say, I'm not an artist.

    so, "anyways," I just want to thank the people here who prodded me to keep on writing.

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  3. Thank you RevRainbow, ActingupAgain, and RevGen - and everyone who shared your experiences. The raging part of me has shrunk some more. I will try those meditations RevGen.

    since the original poster asked for info re: the teaching aspect, I took that to mean those experiences were equally valid

  4. Religious persecution - one of the many reasons the pilgrims left England for the New World all those years ago. And yet it continues to this day in every corner of the world, to people of virtually every faith.

    Personally I've never experienced it, at least to a tangible degree. Most likely because I keep my beliefs private in the real world (and all the good and bad that comes with that). Still working on opening up that part of me.

    I'm curious to hear of stories you might have dealt with in regards to you living/teaching your faith. What kind of persecution have you experienced? How have you overcome? Or have you been unable to and need advice from others?

    welllll, a few years ago I encountered a very abusive * who "attempted to inflict his 'beliefs' on me"... this included insisting that women are not fit for the ministry "because Paul said so"... the fact that I am of an entirely different religion and therefore "what Paul said" isn't relevant to me kinda went over his head