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regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

0 posted 2003-01-16 03:50 PM

I try using grace
with those who would
deliberately
hurt me.

They,
whom I esteem
as equals.

And,
if they prove lesser
than I,
I try to remember
kindness,

when,
I grab
the flying
tip of their whip

and

jerk them back
into

reality.

I try using grace,
and
stand amazed at
their stunned
surprise:

I protect myself and
I am willing to get a
little hand burn
by putting out
their flame,
rather
than enduring
the fire
of contempt,

which singes
their essence
and ruins the image
of the friendship they
claimed to have had.

A bitter disappointment,
for me, just the same.

.
.
.

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

[This message has been edited by regards2you (01-17-2003 09:05 AM).]

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2003-01-16 04:11 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Patricia, I know just what you mean, I always like to think of myself as a mongoose, who just wants to befriend everyone and never hate anyone, but you know snakes and mongooses are enemies to one another so the bottom line is I just can't come through each time around! (sigh) God Bless You, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Patricia, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

2 posted 2003-01-16 05:16 PM

Pat, sometimes we fail no matter how hard we try to be friends to some. Some people don't want to be true friends......

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

3 posted 2003-01-16 05:30 PM

Pat, I enjoyed this. Sometimes you just can't win for trying. Yes, it hurts so much sometimes.

Huggles, Marti

Most of us go to our grave
with our music still inside of us.

GOlDsparklESS
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 428
central nj

4 posted 2003-01-16 06:01 PM

yes, i suppose true grace does prevail.

thanks.

peace.

regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

5 posted 2003-01-16 06:50 PM

Thanks all for replying. I "try" using grace, Goid, yes you'd think it would prevail, but it doesn't. Sometimes, when you take the end of the whip and jerk them to reality you are not letting God take care of it. You've allowed someone else power over you.
Which of course is exactly the name of that game. Pathetic. Eventually, I do let go, let God and then Look Out...

thanks, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

6 posted 2003-01-16 07:18 PM

i try to live like this, but some days, i just want to kick someones ass, and the feeling stays a bit

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

7 posted 2003-01-16 07:19 PM

regards2you - you have a heart made of grace...

BC

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

8 posted 2003-01-16 07:37 PM

enjoyed

Sandpiper
Senior Member

since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

9 posted 2003-01-17 06:21 AM

letting go and letting God..learned THAT lesson the hard way, and still have the occasional relapse-hehe----well done, great insight!!

"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul."
Pablo Neruda

enchantingvamp
Member

since 2002-12-21

Posts 214
Indiana, & NO there is NOT more than corn in Indiana, oughta go back to texas!

10 posted 2003-01-17 06:24 AM

Leting go and letting God is something I'm STILL trying to learn, but I think I'm getting better, I stopped slappin' people months ago....smiles

Seriously though, it takes a bigger person to act with wisdom and I cheer for you!

Nature has a funny way of breaking that which will not bend....Jewell

HopeS
Member Elite

since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

11 posted 2003-01-17 07:00 AM

This was a poem expressed from someone with a caring heart .... yes it shines through .
but I am very much like you and find it so hard letting go and more often than not get my heart used

Hope

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